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FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Irish low-cost airline Ryanair plans to start serving larger airports in a bid to double passenger numbers, its chief executive said in an interview with German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche.“If we want to be so big in five...
DATE: Mar 12, 2007
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IN the ten days since a nine-percent plunge in China’s benchmark stock index triggered a global shakeout, many trees have been felled in an effort to analyse the causes.Most of the explanations make no sense. How is it that a one-day dive in an undev...
DATE: Mar 12, 2007
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) — With their tax advantages ripped away, investing in Canada’s energy trusts looked set to become a mug’s game. Units prices are down, costs are an issue and commodity prices have been volatile.The sector has been a headach...
DATE: Mar 12, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After dozens of reports of fires in Dodge Durango and Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles, DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group is recalling almost 500,000 vehicles.Chrysler said on Friday it had received 66 reports of fires in Dodge...
DATE: Mar 12, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The yen declined against the dollar and euro this week after a rebound in global stock markets encouraged investors to sell the Japanese currency to buy higher-yielding assets overseas.Japan’s yen fell against 15 of 16 most-act...
DATE: Mar 12, 2007
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — Wachovia chairman and chief executive Ken Thompson received compensation the company valued at nearly $18.4 million in 2006, according to a regulatory filing made on Friday.Thompson, 56, received $1.09 million in salary, $5.15 millio...
DATE: Mar 12, 2007
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FOR every action, there is an opposite reaction. Capital markets are no different. We just state it differently. It’s called the zero sum game. Investing in capital markets generates a net result of zero when looking at both parties to each transacti...
DATE: Mar 10, 2007
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THE saga of reverse mortgages continues this week. The following are from letters received on the subject. I will address some of the issues they raise next week.
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If Harry and Sally (parents who own a valuable house) decided to use the proceeds...
DATE: Mar 10, 2007
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CHICAGO (AP) — Can you put a price on a good night’s rest?Betting weary-but-wealthy baby boomers are willing to do just that, mattress companies are fluffing up their selections of ultra-luxe beds that retail for more than the cost of cars, college t...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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Several of the ever-expanding elite club of dollar billionaires published by Forbes magazine yesterday have links with Bermuda.
With a net worth of $11.8 billion, 70-year-old former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is 51st wealthiest on the l...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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Scott Neil
