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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street showed some signs of stability yesterday as investors, heartened by government plans to aid consumer lending companies, selectively bought more stocks following a huge two-day rally. Gains in blue chips gave the Dow Jones ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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Communication was the name of the name of the game at the annual educational conference of the Bermuda Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP).
The meeting, which was held at the Fairmont Southampton Princess l...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — Mortgage lending in Britain has more than halved over the past year, according to the British Banker's Association — further evidence that the economic downturn is dramatically hurting the country's property market.
The number of new ho...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The US government, still struggling to manage a severe financial crisis, unveiled two new programmes yesterday that will provide $800 billion to try to help unfreeze the market for consumer debt from home mortgages to credit cards.
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DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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Primus Guaranty Ltd. is set to buy approximately 3.2 million of its shares in a private transaction at the start of next month.
The company agreed to pay 70 cents per share for a total cost of around $2.2 million.
The block trade was carried out unde...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — With the recent releases of three new BlackBerrys across three different wireless providers, Research In Motion Ltd. has fired back at Apple Inc. in the Great Smart Phone Skirmish of 2008.
The introduction of the touch-screen BlackBer...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — American International Group Inc. said yesterday it is limiting how much it pays its top executives, including granting a $1 salary for this year and the same for 2009 to its chief executive Edward Liddy.
The decision is one of many ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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Retailers have to go back to basics to give consumers what they want in order to survive the current downturn, says the new chairman of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce's East End division.
Kirby Brackstone, who, with his wife Isabelle, owns the Bermu...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Alistair Darling said yesterday the government would meet its increased borrowing commitments after the bulky economic lifeline package announced in Monday's pre-budget report.
Markets have grown increasing...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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MADRID, Spain (AP) — Ford Motor Co. says it will idle its plant in Valencia, Spain for 21 days because of slumping demand in a move that will affect over 5,000 workers.
Ford spokesman Jose Perez says the vehicle factory in Almussafes will close for n...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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