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HONG KONG (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong, the world's second-busiest port, plans to tighten exhaust emission standards on ships to improve the city's air quality.The administration will table rules in the city legislature on July 11 that if allowed to stand...
DATE: Jul 05, 2007
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There was no movement on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange as less than 2,000 shares were traded.
Butterfield Bank shares remained static at $60 although 1,848 were exchanged during the day. There was also a trade of 80 shares in Bermuda Avi...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Huntsman Corp., the nation's fourth-largest chemical company, said a private-equity firm has made a cash buyout offer of about $6 billion that trumps a bid from a Dutch company announced last week.The proposal from Apollo ...
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TORONTO (AP) — After eight years of trying, Research in Motion has received clearance to sell its popular BlackBerry device in China.The Canadian based company says it is finalising the delivery of its products to China.
"We're excited to move forwar...
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LONDON (Reuters) — British Airways reported strong figures for its premium class seats in June yesterday, lifting its shares which shrugged off uncertainty caused by an attempted terror attack last week.BA said a 1.4 percent improvement in premium vo...
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SHOULD parents be worried about the findings of a new study that most middle-school boys and many girls play violent video games such as the notorious Grand Theft Auto? Perhaps not, according to researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital's (MG...
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LONDON (Reuters) — British house prices rose slightly less than expected in June, suggesting higher interest rates are beginning to take their toll on the property market, a survey showed on Wednesday.Mortgage lender Halifax said house prices rose 0....
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Lloyd's of London will stand the downturn in the insurance cycle better than the Bermuda market, according to a leading analyst.
Chris Hitchings, insurance analyst at the London arm of US investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, also does not rule ou...
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BY offering technology that allows people without computers to read e-mail, Presto Services Inc. took on a bold challenge. Yet Presto and its internet-connected printer that spits out the e-mails are remarkably well conceived.I tested this service wi...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Four top private equity bosses yesterday embraced a simpler UK tax regime amid broad criticism of the industry that has focused on their personal tax rates, which can fall under 10 percent.One of them even said during questioning b...
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