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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index snapped a three-session skid yesterday, finishing more than one percent higher as a rise in commodity prices gave a boost to the resource-heavy market.
Forecast-beating results from US bellwether Alcoa h...
DATE: Jul 10, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Man Group PLC, the world's largest publicly traded hedge fund, said yesterday that funds under management declined in the first half despite a recent growth in private investor sales.
The group said it had $43.3 billion in funds under m...
DATE: Jul 10, 2009
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed 0.5 percent higher, ending a three-day losing streak on the back of gains in miners after reassuring earnings from Alcoa. The FTSE 100 closed at 4,158.66 points, up 18.43 or 0.45 percent.
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DATE: Jul 10, 2009
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The rate of inflation hit a 32-year low as the cost of fuel and power continued to drop, according to the latest statistics released by Government.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Price Index revealed that the annual inflation rate was 1.4 per...
DATE: Jul 10, 2009
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) opened and closed at 2,257.74 yesterday.
A total of 8,900 shares worth $50,000 were traded, including 8,800 Kentucky Fried Chicken Bermuda Ltd. shares, 342 Butterfield Bank preference shares and 100 shares in the Asce...
DATE: Jul 10, 2009
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Former Wachovia Corp. CFO David Zwiener has been appointed to the board of PartnerRe.
Mr. Zwiener, aged 54, was president and chief operating officer of the property and casualty operations at Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. between 2000 and 2...
DATE: Jul 10, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out by the US, was cut to "sell" by Standard & Poor's on the prospect that more investors will bet against the shares after its reverse stock split.
The split, in which stoc...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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Staff at Ernst & Young Ltd. (E&Y) are set to move offices into the vacant space in XL House, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The accounting firm, which is currently based in Reid Street, Hamilton, will move its employees to XL Capital's headquarters in...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Consumer confidence in the United Kingdom rose in June as more people said they expected better times by the end of the year, a bank said yesterday, but a drop in a closely watched house price survey tempered optimism about a recovery.
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DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd., the insurer that tripled in New York trading this year, was upgraded by Credit Suisse Group AG to "outperform" because of gains in the company's bond portfolio.
XL's book value per share, a measur...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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