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LONDON (AP) — Online gaming operator Sportingbet PLC said yesterday it swung to a loss in the third quarter after being forced to quit the US because of legislation that makes online gambling illegal in that country.The net loss for the three months ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — Wages in Britain are rising at their fastest in seven years as employers scramble to fill vacancies and consumer confidence is riding high, two reports showed yesterday, adding to pressure for higher interest rates.Most economists ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A US appeals court judge yesterday promised a swift ruling in a case pitting New Orleans homeowners against insurance companies for their refusal to cover damage from the failure of levees in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath in 2005.R...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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DALLAS (Bloomberg) — Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc., a low-cost carrier trying to end three years of losses, will switch to lighter seats on its aircraft to reduce fuel use.The change will begin later this year, trimming as much as 1,584 pounds per ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Cable & Wireless Plc chairman Richard Lapthorne may receive as many as 5.5 million shares, currently worth $22 million, as part of an incentive plan to ensure he remains with the company.Lapthorne will receive the shares if the c...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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TOULOUSE (Bloomberg) — Airbus SAS plans to reorganise operations on an international basis to eliminate inefficiencies as the company struggles to maintain a lead in commercial-aircraft manufacturing over Boeing Co."This new, simplified and streamlin...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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A mutual fund company is appealing a wrongful dismissal case won by its former president, who claimed millions of dollars in damages.
The Leeds Company, which was acquired by the Dundee Bank in 1998, was started by Nitin Aggarwal in 1993. After the D...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) — The US government is asking a bankruptcy court to hold Arizona copper-mining company Asarco LLC fully responsible for polluted sites around the country, saying the same environmental laws that apply outside of Chapter 11 p...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) — Underwriters for Bermuda-based Validus Holdings Ltd. yesterday increased the size of the reinsurance company's pending initial public offering to $350 million from $200 million.Validus originally filed its $200 million IPO...
DATE: Jun 06, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street skidded lower yesterday after comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and a strong reading on the service sector suggested the central bank has little reason to lower interest rates.Bernanke's speech by satelli...
DATE: Jun 06, 2007
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