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LONDON (AP) — UK retail sales rose in October but lending conditions remained tight, suggesting recovery from recession will be slow, official figures showed yesterday.
The three percent rise in retail sales was the best figure since August of last y...
DATE: Nov 20, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US must combat China's trade-distorting industrial and currency policies with US trade laws and by using the World Trade Organisation, a congressional advisory body said on yesterday.
China's trade policies that are aimed a...
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) - Swiss executives reported more theft of intellectual property after the theft of Liechtenstein bank data increased awareness of such assets, forensic accountants at PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (PwC) said, citing their own survey of...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dell Inc. said yesterday that its net income dropped 54 percent in the latest quarter amid signs the company isn't fully benefiting from the computer industry's fledgling recovery.
Dell's numbers missed Wall Street's forecasts, a...
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Lancashire Holdings Ltd. has announced it will hold a Special General Meeting (SGM) on December 16 to authorise a share repurchase programme as announced on November 5.
Shareholders entered on the register of members at 5 p.m. on November 20 will be ...
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Consumers will be able to choose the price they pay on appliances and white goods thanks to a new initiative launched by Home Zone this week.
They will have the selection of three options to allow them to make an informed choice and encourage shopper...
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Bermuda police have recommended that 55-year-old Canadian money manager Hans Black be criminally prosecuted for allegedly defrauding a client of $6 million.
Black, whose Montreal-based Interinvest group reportedly manages over $2 billion from offices...
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Bermuda-incorporated Northern Offshore Ltd. announced yesterday that its president and CEO Marion Woolie has resigned effective immediately.
Jim LaChance, board chairman of the offshore drill rig operator, will serve as interim president and CEO unti...
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NEW YORK (AP) - AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed as much as 36 percent of its work force as it prepares to spin-off from Time Warner Inc. next month.
Major job cuts had been expecte...
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LONDON (AP) — SABMiller PLC, the world's second-largest brewer, yesterday reported a 32 percent drop in net profit as revenues were hit hard by unfavourable currency movements and lager volumes declined.
For the six months ending September 30, the br...
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