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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index just managed to end on the plus side yesterday, following a sharp three-day losing streak, as gains by resource and consumer issues offset worries over the outlook for the global economy.
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DATE: Sep 06, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street wrestled with intensifying economic worries yesterday, extending sharp losses after a disheartening jobs report and then grudgingly engaging in some mild bargain hunting that gave the market some modest gains. The major in...
DATE: Sep 06, 2008
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It's feedback week, which began when I met a very nice man in the supermarket, who proposed a novel idea I thought I'd share with you.
"The next time you buy someone lunch," he said, "and they say 'My turn next time', say 'No'. Tell them that instead...
DATE: Sep 06, 2008
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KeyTech Ltd. was the only climber on The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday. The parent company of the Bermuda Telephone Company rose 50 cents (four percent) to close on $13, as 300 shares traded.
The BSX Index fell by 4.47 points...
DATE: Sep 05, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The US government needs to start buying assets to stem a bourgeoning "financial tsunami", according to Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund.
A process of delevering, where banks are shrinking and cutting off len...
DATE: Sep 05, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd. will probably know within weeks whether Moody's Investors Service will strip the bond insurer of its Aaa rating, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said.
Ross committed to invest as much as $1 ...
DATE: Sep 05, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) — The Bank of England left interest rates on hold at five percent for a fifth month running yesterday, but most economists expect sharp cuts next year.
With inflation more than double the central bank's two percent target, all 67 eco...
DATE: Sep 05, 2008
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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (FSR) and its subsidiaries have been affirmed the 'A-' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings and 'BBB+' Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) by Fitch Ratings.
Fitch's rating action follows completion of its review of F...
DATE: Sep 05, 2008
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Former US Secretary of States General Colin Powell and Bob Geldof will be among the speakers at the global risk conference hosted by Bermuda-based XL Capital in Washington, DC next month.
Under the theme of "Intelligent Change for a World at Risk", t...
DATE: Sep 05, 2008
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Jonathan Kent
LOM Money Market Fund Class A, a class of LOM Asset Management's flagship Money Market Fund, has been affirmed the AAAm rating by Standard & Poor's (S&P).
The class has been rated AAAm by S&P since March, 2001.
DATE: Sep 05, 2008
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