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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index climbed more than one percent yesterday, boosted by rising oil and gold prices, but it pared stronger early gains as investors took profits after a sharp two-day rise.
The index rose by as much as 2.6 pe...
DATE: May 21, 2009
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Gains in the share prices of Butterfield Bank and Argus Group Holdings Ltd. helped the Island's stock market to rise by almost one percent yesterday.
Butterfield rose 10 cents, or 1.9 percent, to close on $5.45, as 107,500 shares changed hands.
It co...
DATE: May 21, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Food and clothing retailer Marks & Spencer said yesterday it was cutting dividend payments by a third after full-year profit fell 38 percent, as intense competition forced it to slash prices aggressively in its home British market.
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DATE: May 20, 2009
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A curiosity? A whimsy? What to make of Wolfram Alpha, a site serving up the world in numbers? The creators describe it as a "computational knowledge engine" running on "10+ trillion of pieces of data, 50,000+ types of algorithms and models, and lingu...
DATE: May 20, 2009
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Bermuda's Emerging Professionals (BEPRO) will hold its first Lunch 'N' Learn tomorrow at the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce.
The subject of discussion will be Advice on Career Planning, Development, and Alternatives. Taking the form of a panellist disc...
DATE: May 20, 2009
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NEW YORK — Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake.
The stay-at-home mom was cut off not only from her 330 friends, including many she had n...
DATE: May 20, 2009
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MUMBAI (Bloomberg) — Shares of Reliance Capital Ltd. and Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. gained on speculation Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government would ease restrictions for overseas investment in the insurance industry.
"Among major financial-sector ...
DATE: May 20, 2009
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Emerging markets will lead the world out of recession — and they will continue to be the engines of economic growth in the years to come.
That is the view of Allan Conway, head of emerging market equities with investment giant Schroders, who says dev...
DATE: May 20, 2009
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Bermuda Container Line Ltd (BCL) reported that profits plunged by 41 percent last year as investment income fell dramatically.
The company, which brings in imports on the Oleander container ship, said net income fell by almost $2.5 million, compared ...
DATE: May 20, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp raised $13.47 billion through a share sale, marking a major step toward meeting the US government's requirements for capital-raising following the recent "stress testing" of the bank.
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DATE: May 20, 2009
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