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SAO PAULO (Bloomberg) — Cosan SA Industria & Comercio, the world's biggest sugar-cane processor, plunged as much as 15 percent after a credit-rating cut by Moody's Investors Service, which cited expansion costs and declining profit margins.
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DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — The first cell phone running Google Inc.'s mobile software looks something like Apple Inc.'s iPhone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google's e-mail and mapping progr...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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Butterfield Bank chief executive officer Alan Thompson yesterday took the rare step of reassuring shareholders and customers that the Island's second largest bank was stable and in sound financial condition.
Mr. Thompson made the statement in a relea...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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The Phoenix Stores Group is expanding its P-Tech brand with the opening of P-Tech AV, which will sell a wide range of audio-visual brands, including TVs, home theatres and stereo systems.
The new shop is located on the lower level of the Phoenix Cent...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc yesterday said it will receive a $5 billion investment from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a vote of confidence for the Wall Street bank from perhaps the world's best-known investor.
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DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the insurer that agreed to sell assets to repay a federal loan, plans to keep its US commercial coverage and overseas life insurance units, an executive said yesterday.
Kristian Moor, chief ex...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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Sovereign Risk Insurance Ltd. has appointed Sophie Demeyer as a vice president and senior underwriting officer. She will replace Nila Davda, who is relocating to open Sovereign's office in Dubai.
Ms Demeyer comes to Sovereign from a 13-year career in...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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Investment losses in the first half of 2008 helped to reduce Bermuda Container Line's profit, the shipping company reported yesterday.
And the weakening Bermuda economy, along with high fuel prices, means the company is not expecting to see an improv...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco Electronics Ltd., a maker of electronic connectors, was accused in a lawsuit by ADC Telecommunications Inc. of infringing five patents for fibre-distribution terminals.
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DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Barclays Plc, the UK bank that bought parts of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s US businesses, may cut as many as 5,000 jobs at the bankrupt company, Wall Street recruiters said.
The estimate, based on the $2.5 billion Barclays ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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