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NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc. yesterday posted a higher profit on wireless growth, but a fall in traditional phone users accelerated and some analysts said the top US phone company may yet be hurt by a weaker economy.
Analysts said they were impress...
DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street pulled back yesterday, with the Dow Jones industrials tumbling more than 100 points as a rush of quarterly results from bellwethers like AT&T Inc., DuPont and McDonald's Corp. failed to impress investors. Oil prices also r...
DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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Today I would like to focus on what young people need to do if they ARE approached. Too many child-watch organisations focus on the risk and how to reduce it, and very few equip young people with a check-list of what to do if they are approached.
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DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd. last night reported a first-quarter net income of $211.9 million — down 57 percent on the same three months of last year.
The global business insurer put the $337.8 million decline in profit down to a variety of factors, particularly ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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Bermuda Container Line Ltd.'s (BCL) president Geoffrey Frith admitted he is concerned about his company's operational earnings, despite posting record profits for last year.
BCL reported net earnings of $6 million in the fiscal year 2007, an increase...
DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index closed lower yesterday, ending a six-session rally, amid disappointing corporate results and comments from the Bank of Canada that US economic prospects were worse than previously thought.
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DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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All trading was down on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The biggest drop was Argus Group Holdings Ltd., which fell 95 cents (5.6 percent) to close at $16, with 3,700 shares traded.
The banking sector was also hard hit ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Langbar International Ltd. founder Mariusz Rybak agreed to pay about £30 million ($60 million) to settle a fraud lawsuit filed by the company's directors.
The lawsuit at the High Court in London was settled on Monday, ending a tr...
DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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Everest Re Group Ltd. has announced that its subsidiary, Everest Reinsurance Co., has applied to the Brazilian regulatory authorities for approval as an occasional reinsurer.
The initial approval is the prelude to Everest's planned entry as an admitt...
DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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Local hardware store Gorham's celebrated Earth Day yesterday by highlighting what the company believes is a growing demand for environmentally-friendly products.
All the company's staff wore tee-shirts marking Earth Day, a world-wide event focusing o...
DATE: Apr 23, 2008
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