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Bermuda-based Signet Jewelers Ltd., the world's largest specialty retail jeweller, saw a 7.3 percent fall in group total sales to $629.3 million for the 13 weeks to November 1, 2008.
Same store sales also dropped by 6.6 percent, while net operating l...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - More than a third of Britons blame the US for the financial crisis and economic downturn, according to a survey, and three-quarters say they have little or no faith in banks.
The research, by advertising agency McCann Erickson, fou...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Sportscar maker Porsche SE said yesterday it would curb production as a result of weaker sales amid the global economic crisis.
Weaker demand prompted Porsche to stop assembly lines for one day last Friday at its Zuffenhause...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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The training regimen — if you can call it that — for my first triathlon included nothing more high-tech than a $35 digital watch and a basic MP3 player. But now that winter is arriving, sapping my motivation to get off the couch, I've started looking...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The British pound may gain more than 10 percent against the dollar, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. said, citing charts used to predict currency movements.
A rally from near the 76.4 percent Fibonacci retracement of the pound's c...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Most Canadian stocks fell as raw- materials companies declined after BHP Billiton Ltd. scrapped its record takeover bid for Rio Tinto Group and Toronto-Dominion Bank announced plans to bolster capital.
Barrick Gold Corp. paced t...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Golar LNG, a liquefied natural gas shipping line whose shares have fallen 67 percent this year, gained in Oslo trading after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts recommended investors buy the stock.
Golar gained as muc...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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Bermuda's functioning as an international financial centre is to be examined on behalf of the British Government.UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, or finance minister, Alistair Darling announced in his Pre-Budget Report on Monday that Britain will comm...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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Telecommunications providers in Bermuda are deeply split over whether industry reforms announced in Parliament last Friday will improve competition and services on Island or spell the death knell for smaller providers.
Bermuda is set to abandon its c...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Banks must resume lending if the UK is to avoid a steep recession, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King warned yesterday, although he said a government fiscal boost should go some way to fending off a slump.
"I am in no doubt that ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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