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LONDON (Reuters) — Microsoft Corp. rolled out Windows Vista at retailers in 70 countries yesterday, delivering a PC operating system that aims to better manage the explosion of digital media and protect users from the dangers of the Internet.The worl...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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The world?s second-biggest insurance broker Aon has announced that it had completed the acquisition of Footman James, a broker that specialises in providing cover for vintage vehicles.
Aon, which last week announced its new Aon Global Ltd. unit would...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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ACE Ltd. last night announced 2006 profits of $2.3 billion and fourth-quarter results which far outstripped experts? expectations.
Year on year, the business insurer?s fourth-quarter net income nearly tripled to $665 million, or $1.99 per share, comp...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — General Electric Company’s GE Capital Bank unit was fined $610,000 ($1.2 million) by the UK’s market regulator for failing to give customers enough information about a type of insurance policy it sells.Employees at the bank, whic...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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Microsoft’s long-awaited new operating system Vista was launched in the US yesterday and it should be available in Island retail stores by as soon as next Monday.
The product, the first new Windows operating system to be created by the world’s bigges...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange inched closer to the 5,000-point mark on the back of a surge in the value of Bermuda Container Line Ltd. (BCL) shares.
BCL, which last week announced a 30 percent rise in net earnings, gained 24.6 percent, o...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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Microsoft?s long-awaited new operating system Vista was launched in the US yesterday and it should be available in Island retail stores by as soon as next Monday.
The product, the first new Windows operating system to be created by the world?s bigges...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canada’s Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index rose to its second-highest close ever, led by energy companies such as EnCana Corp., as colder weather and planned output cuts by the OrganiSation of Petroleum Exporting Countries c...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd. has said it will pay a quarterly dividend of 38 cents per share.
The dividend will be distributed on March 30 to shareholders of record on March 15.
XL will also pay a dividend of 50 cents per share on April 2 to its Ser...
DATE: Jan 30, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks barely budged yesterday, ending narrowly mixed after yields on the 30-year Treasury note briefly hit 5 percent and investors grew skittish a day ahead of the Federal Reserve’s first meeting of the year.After a volatile week in ...
DATE: Jan 30, 2007
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