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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks finished a memorable week mostly flat as investors tried to reconcile a weaker-than-expected estimate of first-quarter economic growth Friday with fresh evidence that corporate profits remain robust. A modest advance in the Dow...
DATE: Apr 28, 2007
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I GET so frustrated when I hear people try to justify buying an expensive car they can't really afford by saying, "Well, it'll hold its value."The truth is, no vehicle holds its value unless it's a classic or rare car.
That Mercedes-Benz E-Class you ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2007
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What's in a Licence? Higher standards of fiduciary care for the investor.
In a recent review of various local financial institution web-sites, it was discovered that most of them are now advertising some form of financial planning within their invest...
DATE: Apr 28, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell to its lowest close in two weeks as commodity shares and concerns over U.S. economic growth weighed on the market, but brewer Scottish & Newcastle leapt on bid hopes.
The FTSE 100 closed at 6,418.7 points, down...
DATE: Apr 28, 2007
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A quite extraordinary thing happened last weekend in Reno, Nevada. Through some bizarre alignment of the stars, I proved to be the finest poker player that town has ever seen, in my weight division. Between the hours of 1 and 4pm on Monday afternoon,...
DATE: Apr 28, 2007
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Shares of Butterfield Bank rose and lifted the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange by 13.32 points (0.26 percent) to close the week on 5,129.03.
The bank shares improved in value by 25 cents (0.4 percent) to $59.25 after 12,383, valued at $732,783...
DATE: Apr 28, 2007
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Toronto (Bloomberg) Canadian stocks gained, paced by energy shares, as crude oil climbed and take-over in the oil industry fanned speculation that more companies will be bought.Energy shares gained 0.9 percent, the most of 10 industry groups, after ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2007
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NOW that social arbiter Tom Wolfe has anointed hedge-fund stars the new Masters of the Universe, how can you finagle your underachieving self a seat on the gravy train before it hits the buffers?That 25th anniversary college-reunion invitation will b...
DATE: Apr 28, 2007
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BEIJING (Reuters) — China denied yesterday that grain protein products its companies sold to the United States caused a spate of pet deaths, but it promised to tighten controls and ban a suspect chemical from the food ingredients.US Food and Drug Adm...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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THE report that Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest automaker, surpassed No. 1 General Motors Corp. in world-wide sales during the first quarter shouldn't be viewed as evidence of US industrial decline.US automaking arguably has never been stronger. ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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