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Butterfield Bank shares received a boost yesterday — gaining almost $1 to close at $12.95.
The bank saw 4,183 shares traded for a 7.91 percent jump — $0.95 — a considerable improvement on the bank's 52-week low of $11.80. Butterfield Bank has traded ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — United Airlines parent UAL Corp. yesterday reported a third-quarter loss of $779 million, squeezed by high jet fuel prices through much of the quarter and falling oil prices which hurt its hedging positions.
The Chicago-based carri...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bank of America Corp., the largest US consumer bank, lost money on credit cards for the first time since its January 2006 purchase of MBNA Corp. as more borrowers missed payments amid the slowing economy.
The card-services unit...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Centrica Plc, the UK's biggest energy supplier, and the British unit of Iberdrola SA said the country must upgrade aging electricity infrastructure to achieve a 2020 renewables target. "The grid is a problem," Sue Wheeler, head o...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The number of passengers travelling on premium airline tickets dropped 1.5 percent in August, according to the International Air Transport Association.
"Business travel is a key driver of long-haul and network airline profitability...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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Kafu hair salon has formed a "synergistic" new relationship with Dr. Gerhard Boonstra to offer a range of skin spa options from its Parliament Street location.
Kafu owner Glen Wilks said the 'Aesthetic Skin Klinic' at Kafu will offer laser hair remov...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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CBS' Social Viewing Rooms is one of the first signs of a major broadcaster learning how to use the Internet. Finally, I should add. You get a pile of prime time TV shows, such as CSI: Miami, and watch them at the same time as other people in a chat r...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — British Airways Plc, Europe's third-largest carrier, will complete the transfer of flights to London Heathrow airport's Terminal 5 this week, six months behind schedule following the building's chaotic opening this year.
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DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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To best monitor the more than 1,400 re/insurers registered in Bermuda, the Bermuda Monetary Authority should extend its regulatory framework, urge the industry to improve transparency, boost staffing and periodically review its relationship with the ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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Given Google Inc.'s reputation as a trend setter on the web, I expected great things from its first mobile phone — especially since it is emerging more than a year after Apple Inc. launched the enormously popular iPhone.
And while it's far from perfe...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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