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NEW YORK (Reuters) — A "Wall Street group" and an internet entrepreneur have expressed interest in mounting a counterbid to News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion offer for Dow Jones & Co. Inc. an adviser to the Dow Jones employee union said ye...
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Argus Group has reported record earnings with a full year profit of $36.9 million, up 36.8 percent from last year.
Those earnings represent a 24.8 percent return on opening shareholders' equity.
As with other insurance companies the benign 2006 hurri...
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JOHANNESBURG (Bloomberg) — South African company Barloworld Ltd.'s appointment of Trevor Munday to the new post of deputy chairman is "racist," said Brian Molefe, chief executive officer of Public Investment Corp., the company's biggest shareholder.B...
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KEEPING UP APPEARANCES: It's a skill they don't teach in college or at those company training seminars, but one most employees learn anyway: How to look busy.
Whether you're bored, stressed or just need a break, sometimes you need to put down the spr...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Amaranth Advisors LLC asked a court to dismiss the San Diego County retirement fund's lawsuit that accused the hedge-fund firm of securities fraud related to its September collapse under $6.6 billion in losses.Amaranth defraude...
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Shares of Butterfield Bank rose 25 cents (0.4 percent) to $60.25 after 8,737 changed hands and helped lift the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange by 13.32 points (0.26 percent) to 5,160.88.
Other active stocks were Bermuda Press (Holdings) Limite...
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PartnerRe chief executive officer Patrick Thiele yesterday joined other industry leaders in calling for changes to the complex US system of insurance regulation.
All 50 US states have their own regulations, which has long been a source of red, tape, ...
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany (Bloomberg) — The Group of Eight industrialised nations pledged to remain alert to the potential risks for global financial markets from the rapid rise of hedge funds."Given the strong growth of the hedge-fund industry and the i...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Southwest Airlines Co., American Airlines and 20 other carriers must pay the US government $219 million in back security fees covering more than two years, a federal agency said.Southwest owes the most, $54 million, followed ...
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LONDON (AP) — Confectionery and soft drinks maker Cadbury Schweppes PLC said yesterday it agreed to buy Intergum, a privately owned Turkish gum business, from the Amram family.The company said the deal was for $450 million in cash and debt, and decli...
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