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BEIJING (AP) — China's inflation eased to 7.1 percent in June but high energy and other costs are fuelling pressure for more price rises, the government said Thursday, and analysts said Beijing is likely to maintain tight credit controls despite a sl...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - More fertiliser in Africa, a global trade pact and maybe even genetically modified crops could help tackle global food security as rising prices drive millions into poverty, Britain's farm ministry said yesterday.
Britons are incre...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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Bermuda's executives are still travelling as much as ever on business trips and some even more so — that is according to travel agents across the Island.
Carl Paiva, CEO of C-Travel said that despite the rising cost of fuel and a number of airlines g...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer, appointed former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. vice-chairman Suzanne Nora Johnson to the board to help restore investor confidence after two record losses.
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DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — European plane maker Airbus emerged as the clear winner at the Farnborough International Airshow yesterday after racking up more orders than its US rival Boeing Co.
An agreement to sell South American consortium Synergy Ae...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's parliamentary watchdog said yesterday that the government should compensate more than a million people who lost savings in the near-collapse of insurer Equitable Life eight years ago.
Equitable Life Assurance Society, Britain'...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Ace Ltd., the Bermuda-based insurer that's moving its legal home to Switzerland, had its stock recommendation raised to "buy" by Citigroup Inc. analyst Joshua Shanker after a 15-percent, six-day drop in the shares.
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DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steps proposed by US authorities to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could keep the mortgage finance companies alive but may mean their days as reliable profit-growth machines are over.
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DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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Butterfield Bank customers can get the benefit of some expert advice on investment thanks to a new business centre launched this week.
The new Butterfield Investment Centre, which is located on the second floor of its head office in Front Street, off...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co posted a smaller-than-expected drop in earnings on resilient stock and bond underwriting revenue, lifting its shares 11 percent, but the company cautioned that the mortgage market and the economy are getting w...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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