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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks advanced on signs of a strengthening US economy, pushing the benchmark index to its second-highest close. Climbing oil and metal prices lifted shares of commodity producers."If the worst is behind the US economic...
DATE: Jun 02, 2007
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The Bermuda-based Digicel Group has disputed claims made by telecoms rival Cable & Wireless over its share of the market in the Caribbean.
In a statement released by the company yesterday, Digicel Group chief executive officer Colm Delves said: "We a...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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DALLAS (AP) — Dell said earnings fell slightly in preliminary first-quarter results, but the computer maker planned to lay off more than 8,000 employees over the next year as part of an ongoing restructuring.
Dell said it earned $759 million, or 34 c...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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NEW JERSEY (Bloomberg) — New Jersey's $80 billion pension system, whose funding shortfall grew as lawmakers failed to make required state contributions over a 10-year period, is being probed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, a state treasury...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks finished largely flat after a weak reading of the nation's gross domestic product muted Wall Street's enthusiasm over a new spate of acquisitions. Technology stocks fared better than most, however.The Commerce Department's late...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — Sun-starved Britons are set to jet into the red this summer — racking up debt to go on holiday, a report shows.Some 12 million people admit to taking on debt to pay for a break away, according to a survey by credit reference agency...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — A trade group representing corporate insurance buyers said brokers including Marsh & McLennan Cos. and Aon Corp. should reject a new type of incentive pay being proposed by insurers including Chubb Corp. and Travelers Cos.The f...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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An historic moment in the development of a global community that investigates money laundering and suspicious financial transactions has been reached in Bermuda.
The Egmont Group, an informal international gathering of financial intelligence units, h...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — England's Premiership soccer players will earn more than $1 billion pounds ($1.97 billion) for the first time next season thanks to television, sponsorship and merchandising deals, a top accountancy firm said yesterday.Leading play...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A US judge said yesterday that Bermuda-based Tyco International owed severance pay and interest of about $1.2 million to a former senior executive accused of participating in an accounting scandal at the diversified manufacturer....
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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