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LONDON (AP) — British natural gas producer BG Group PLC yesterday abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second-largest power retailer.
BG Group, Britain's third-largest oil and gas company, conceded defeat after Origi...
DATE: Sep 10, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index plunged more than 3 percent yesterday, weighed down by falling commodity prices and closing in on January's 2008 low.
The heavyweight materials and energy sectors led the way down. Oil price...
DATE: Sep 10, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices slipped below $104 a barrel yesterday for the first time since early April as traders bet that Hurricane Ike would miss critical Gulf Coast oil installations. And in Vienna, Opec's president signalled the cartel wouldn't cu...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a revamped line of iPods yesterday and trumpeted a truce with NBC Universal that means the TV network will begin selling programs again on iTunes.
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SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) - Google Inc., the owner of the world's most-used Internet search engine, halved the length of time it keeps users' records to assuage privacy concerns.
Google will keep search data for nine months instead of the minimum 18-month...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd., a Lloyd's of London insurer, said first-half profit rose 34 percent, boosted by its Omega Specialty division.
Net income climbed to $21.8 million, or 14 cents a share, from $16.3 million, or 11 cen...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled yesterday after fresh concerns about the stability of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. touched off renewed jitters about the overall financial sector. Each of the major indexes lost more than 2 percent. The Dow Jones indus...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. shares plunged to their lowest level in more than a decade yesterday amid investor concerns that the battered investment bank is running out of options to raise capital.
Investors, anxious about the possi...
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Property developer Michael Bradshaw is hoping that Prosperity Heights — his new residential development officially opened yesterday — will breathe new life into the area of North Hamilton where he was raised.
The four-storey, nine-unit condominium co...
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BF&M Ltd. built on its share price's five-percent gain last week by climbing another 2.8 percent yesterday.
The insurer and pension provider's stock climbed 55 cents to close on $20, as 10,100 shares traded.
The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange...
DATE: Sep 09, 2008
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