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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) remained unchanged for the second time this week.
The Index saw only 2,000 shares in Bermuda Aviation Services Ltd. and five shares in Belco Holdings Ltd. change hands during the day, but no shares...
DATE: Aug 14, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rose more than one percent yesterday after four successive days of losses as the heavyweight resource sectors benefited from strong commodity prices.
A $3 gain in oil prices propelled the be...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street ended an erratic day yesterday with a lop-sided loss, as blue chip stocks bore the brunt of investors' concerns over the health of the financial sector. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 100 points, but the other ma...
DATE: Aug 14, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The credit crisis is "broad, deep, and global" and "far from over" for financial companies even after they reported $500 billion in write-downs and credit losses, Merrill Lynch & Co.'s chief investment strategist said.
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Inflation continued to run above four percent for the fourth straight month driven by a rising rental sector, according to the latest figures released by Government.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) by the Department of Statistics revealed that the inf...
DATE: Aug 14, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the biggest US insurer by assets, may raise $20 billion in a worst-case scenario to reduce future write-downs tied to sub-prime mortgages, said Sanford Bernstein analyst Todd Bault.
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DATE: Aug 14, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Money manager Bill Miller ploughed more money into the financial-services industry, disclosing that his Legg Mason Opportunity Trust acquired stakes in Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. and Freddie Mac.
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DATE: Aug 13, 2008
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Let's look back for a minute at what we have covered in the last 30 weeks or so...We looked at young people's use of computers, Internet, chat rooms, email, instant-messaging, cellphones, gaming consoles and finally social network sites...We looked d...
DATE: Aug 13, 2008
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Along with the spectacle of the Olympic games, the world is being treated to the founding of a major global broadcaster - YouTube.
The site, which has encouraged millions of people with video cams to "Broadcast Yourself", is the official online chann...
DATE: Aug 13, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — Tesco PLC, the world's No. 3 retailer, is entering India with a wholesale cash-and-carry business, the supermarket group announced yesterday.
Tesco plans to invest up to £60 million ($114 million) over the next two years to establish it...
DATE: Aug 13, 2008
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