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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose moderately carving out its fourth straight weekly gain amid a fresh round of corporate take-over news and employment figures that largely met expectations.Reports that Microsoft Corp. renewed talks to acquire or inves...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose 1.01 percent to a new closing high for the year, on mergers and acquisition activity, with Reuters' shares rising almost a third after the company said it had received a take-over approach. The FTSE 100 ended u...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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Question: I’m going to Europe on vacation this summer, how can I feel less of a pinch from the dollar falling as much as it has against the pound and euro?
Answer: Traveling to Britain these days means your dollar is really worth about 50 cents. Goin...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange ended the week with a 13.91 point (0.27 percent) rise to close at 5,154.6.
Shares of Butterfield Bank returned to their 52-week high of $60 after improving 25 cents (0.4 percent) on the strength of 22,308 be...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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OMAHA, Neb. — Last month, Warren Buffett posted the mother of all help-wanted ads: a request for candidates to replace him as chief investment officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.Now, the resumes are flooding in — and the process is turning out to be e...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended in record high territory, boosted by commodity prices and this week's raft of take-over offers.The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 82.89 points, or 0.6 percent, at 13,769.89, a recor...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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About 45 minutes’ drive south of Reno, Nevada — 8,200 feet above sea level — can be found the towns of Gold Hill, Silver City and Virginia City. The towns formed the epicentre of the mid-19th Century gold rush that led in due course to the taming of ...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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AMSTERDAM (Bloomberg) — A Dutch court blocked ABN Amro Holding NV’s $21 billion sale of LaSalle Bank to Bank of America Corp. because management failed to get shareholder approval for the deal.“ABN Amro management has misjudged its task,” said Judge ...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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Arch Capital Group Ltd. has had its financial strength rating raised to A from A- by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
The New York-based rating agency raised the ratings of Arch Reinsurance Ltd., Arch Reinsurance Co., Arch Insurance Co., Arch Spec...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street extended its advance amid a burst of enthusiasm about the economy that gave the Standard & Poor's 500 index its first close above 1,500 since September 2000.The S&P 500, the index most closely watched by market professiona...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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