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THE "tortilla crisis" that shook Mexico in January may not have been a flash in the pan.If Jing Ulrich, the Hong Kong-based chairwoman of China equities at JPMorgan Chase & Co., is correct, everything from beer to steak might just become more expensi...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Scor SA shareholders voted in favour of France's biggest reinsurer proceeding with its $2.6 billion offer for Swiss rival Converium Holding AG.Each of six resolutions that would allow for the takeover submitted to investors at an...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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TOKYO (AP) — Booming sales of the popular Wii and DS game machines lifted Nintendo Co.'s earnings 77 percent in the latest fiscal year as the Japanese gamemaker held its own against bigger rivals Sony and Microsoft.Nintendo reported a group net profi...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) — Ford Motor Co. yesterday posted a first-quarter net loss of $282 million, a vast improvement over the $1.4 billion it lost in the first quarter of 2006.It was the company's seventh consecutive quarter of losses, but the auto...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-registered Bunge Ltd., the world's biggest oilseed processor, said first-quarter profit fell 76 percent on wrong way bets on soybean futures. The shares plummeted after Bunge said $40 million in trading losses won't be ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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Small construction contractors in Bermuda can now access up to $200,000 of seed money to help them start building projects.
As long as they are part of the Small Business Service Incubator initiative they are eligible to apply for the reduced-interes...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Shares of Willis Group Holdings Ltd., the world's third-largest insurance broker, rose the most in three months after first-quarter profit exceeded analysts' estimates and revenue growth beat peers.The shares rose $1, or 2.5 pe...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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PHOENIX (AP) — US Airways Group Inc. yesterday said profit edged up 2 percent in the first quarter on modest revenue growth, and the airline company backed its forecast for a profitable year.The news sent shares in the Tempe, Arizona-based company up...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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Bermuda-based Arlington Tankers Ltd.'s (ATB) first-quarter net income fell 56 percent to $3.85 million, or 25 cents, from $8.83 million, or 57 cents a share, a year earlier, hurt by an unrealised loss representing the change in fair value of the comp...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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PARIS (Bloomberg) — PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second-largest carmaker, will shed 4,800 jobs in France this year by offering incentives to workers who agree to quit.The planned cuts will be presented to a works council meeting on May 9, the compan...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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