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In the matter of Order 53 of the Rules of the Supreme Court in the matter of a decision by the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs made on or about December 20, 2006. In the matter of a decision of the appeal tribunal of the Cabinet made on or about ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) —Canadian stocks rose to a record, spurred by merger speculation, as steelmaker Ipsco said it’s in talks with a possible acquirer and Astral Media said it bought Standard Radio for about C$1.08 billion ($949 million).
The steel pi...
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LONDON (AP) — A proposed takeover of J Sainsbury PLC collapsed yesterday as the last firm in a consortium of private equity groups announced it was abandoning its pursuit of Britain’s third-largest grocery chain.CVC Capital Partners Ltd. said it walk...
DATE: Apr 12, 2007
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TOKYO (AP) — At a time when Detroit’s “Big Three” are closing plants and slashing jobs to revive their ailing business, their Japanese counterparts are busy opening plants in Japan for the first time in decades.That’s because there’s strong demand fo...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Brendan Burke’s cell phone was beeping within minutes of the start of his wife’s marathon in San Diego. A text message arrived with her latest time as she crossed the six timing mats around the course.It did not matter that he w...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. are teaming up to offer commercial property insurance to customers who might not otherwise qualify for coverage, Hartford said yesterday.Hartford...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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Insurance company BF&M recorded a 42-percent increase in its earnings during 2006, hitting a record $23.9 million by the end of the year.
And the company, which has been expanding its business into the Caribbean and South America during the past two ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ ("superior") of Bermuda-based PartnerRe Group Ltd.
Best said the rating reflected PartnerRe's excellent business profile, strong risk-adjusted capitalisation and very strong risk manageme...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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CHICAGO (AP) — For the second time in two days, defence lawyers yesterday unsuccessfully sought a mistrial in the fraud case against Conrad Black, as prosecutors tried to salvage testimony about personal travel perks the former media mogul allegedly ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz pledged to “cooperate fully” with an investigation by the bank’s board into a pay increase given to a female employee with whom he was romantically involved.The staff member, Shaha Riza, wo...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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