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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Half of all dangerous products seized by European customs and product safety authorities last year came from China, the European Commission said yesterday.
The EU stressed that this was partly explained by the huge amounts of...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) - No one died during 2007 in accidents among larger scheduled US airlines and smaller commuter aircraft, and deaths in private plane accidents dropped to 491, their lowest total in more than 40 years, the government reported on Wednes...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities are working on a plan to break a lending squeeze gripping the home loan market and could announce details as early as next week, a source close to the situation said yesterday.
Pressure has been growing on the g...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) - American Airlines has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought by more than 350 pilots who said they were unfairly penalised by being barred from accruing vacation time and sick days while on military leave, the Justice Depar...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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PartnerRe has become the latest reinsurance company to set up base in Brazil, with plans to expand its business in Latin America.
The global reinsurer yesterday announced the establishment of a representative office in Sao Paolo, and has applied for ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Josh Birnbaum, one of the traders who led Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s push into bets against sub-prime-mortgage bonds, has left the world's biggest securities firm and plans to form a $1 billion hedge fund.
Birnbaum, 35, confirm...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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Bermuda is not alone in its interest in the Brazilian reinsurance market.
Lloyd's of London plans to expand in Brazil and is in the process of making a formal application to be an admitted reinsurer in the South American country.
Its first representa...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street closed an erratic session mixed yesterday after an uneven batch of earnings reports made investors more cautious about buying stocks. Disappointing economic readings added to the market's uneasiness.
Investors were jittery...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (Bloomberg) - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines raised its round-trip fuel surcharge by as much as $20, the second fare increase in a week, to help blunt record costs.
United boosted the surcharge by $20 round trip in markets that alre...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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Lines Overseas Management (Holdings) Ltd. (LOM) saw its net earnings rise by almost 50 percent last year compared to year end 2006, to $2.5 million.
Diluted earnings per share also increased from 26 cents to 38 cents over same period, while total rev...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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