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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index followed its heavyweight financial shares to a higher close yesterday, helped by US data that offered further evidence that recession may be losing its grip on the economy.
The financial sector, which ac...
DATE: Jun 27, 2009
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This is the second in a series on the Age of the Individual: Is it the Old Retirement or New Lifestyle Opportunities? The first article was featured earlier in the year. Branding yourself for the promise of future brightness. "You can do what you wan...
DATE: Jun 27, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global shares slid yesterday after a record US savings rate sparked concerns it may erode consumer spending and slow recovery, while the US dollar fell following China's call for a super-sovereign reserve currency.
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DATE: Jun 27, 2009
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Bermuda is making progress protecting its international business sector and overall reputation, Finance Minister Paula Cox told the International Chartered Accountants of Bermuda (ICAB) yesterday, before she announced last night that Bermuda had conc...
DATE: Jun 26, 2009
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The money markets are going to remain tight with a very low yield until the end of the year - that is according to Alistair Border, vice-president and head of fixed income at Butterfield Asset Management.
Mr. Border was on a panel comprising Faith Ou...
DATE: Jun 26, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister, Alistair Darling, dismissed talk yesterday of a rift with the head of the country's central bank over plans to reform financial regulation and the budget deficit.
Darling and Bank of England Governor Mer...
DATE: Jun 26, 2009
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Bermuda reinsurer Validus Holdings Ltd. said yesterday it received "overwhelming" approval from shareholders to issue extra shares in connection with its attempted takeover of IPC Holdings Ltd.
At a special shareholders meeting yesterday, Validus gai...
DATE: Jun 26, 2009
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Jonathan Kent
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) — Bank of America Corp. said yesterday it will raise more money than the government said it needed in order to withstand a deepening recession.
Upon the completion of a debt exchange later this week, the Charlotte, Nort...
DATE: Jun 26, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - Investors rushed back into stocks as profits at a handful of companies indicated the economy might be gaining strength.
Gains in homebuilders, retailers and other consumer discretionary stocks led the market sharply higher yesterday. ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bermuda-based technology outsourcing and consulting firm Accenture Ltd. said its quarterly profit fell due to a slower economy and a stronger US dollar, although the results were better than most analysts had expected.
Accenture,...
DATE: Jun 26, 2009
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