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LONDON (AP) — The final instalment of the Harry Potter series is on track to break previous sales records as its British publisher, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, revealed yesterday that export orders are already 17 percent ahead of the total overseas sa...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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SEATTLE (AP) — Nintendo Co. has opened its blockbuster Wii game system to independent video-game developers for the first time, the company announced.Nintendo said it will let individuals and outside game studios create and sell downloadable Wii game...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc.'s campaign to build excitement about its iPhone may be the most successful marketing effort ever, surpassing the drive to promote Ford Motor Co.'s 1964 Mustang and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95.The combination mobile ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a nearly 100-year-old precedent that some price-setting agreements between manufacturers and retailers are automatically illegal under federal antitrust law.By a 5-4 vote, the justices ove...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — UK house prices advanced this month at the fastest pace since December, boosting the chances of an interest-rate increase by the Bank of England next week.The average cost of a home rose 1.1 percent from May to $184,070 pounds ($...
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LONDON (AP) — Private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners, which has offered $4.7 billion for EMI Group PLC, extended its takeover bid yesterday until July 4.As of June 27, Maltby — a company formed by Terra Firma for the takeover — had received...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Bank of England policymakers remained divided over the economic outlook yesterday, just one week before their next interest rate decision.The Monetary Policy Committee was split 5-4 last month, with the majority favouring no change...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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Bermuda CableVision announced yesterday that it is to take business and financial news channel CNBC off the air, as of July 31.
An expiring satellite agreement was the reason given for the change and the company is now seeking a replacement channel.
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DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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Bermuda-based global hedge fund administrator Fulcrum Ltd. has accepted a $57 million investment from 3i Growth Capital that secures its independence from rivals seeking to consolidate.
It also gives Fulcrum the financial clout and backing to do busi...
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Brasil Telecom GlobeNet has protected its submarine fibre-optic link between Bermuda and New Jersey from commercial fishing activity by reburying the cable.
In a statement yesterday, the company announced: "This section of the cable network runs alon...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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