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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks fell for a third day and had their worst start to a year since 2000. Commodities producers including Barrick Gold Corp. paced the drop as crude oil, copper and gold slumped this week on concern that global demand...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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Sick of the same silly New Year’s resolutions year after year?
Here’s something that may be a little different. Commit yourself in 2007 to getting serious about planning for your, ahem, senior-citizen years.
Most (though not all) of the people I know...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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little to distract in the post-Christmas hiatus, one's eyes turned to the television. Among the post-Christmas sales advertisements, aspects of the human condition were reflected in the passing of three diverse leaders.
Throughout, and on into the Ne...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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CHICAGO (Reuters) — The US Federal Reserve’s reluctance to lay aside inflation worries likely deepened yesterday with a report showing robust jobs and wage growth in December — data that dashed financial market hopes for quick interest-rate cuts.The ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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It is the end of another year — a time for reflection and a time for planning for the future. For tax regime countries such as the United States, it is also tax planning, possible filing and reporting time for individuals (and businesses) situated in...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — British Airways, Europe’s third-biggest airline, said traffic fell 0.5 percent in December as three successive days of fog caused cancellations and delays in London.The load factor, or proportion of seats filled, fell 0.3 percent...
DATE: Jan 05, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Home Depot Inc. chief executive officer Robert Nardelli’s “egregious” $210 million severance package may be the catalyst for legislation that tries to rein in executive pay at US companies.Nardelli, 58, was ousted after Atlan...
DATE: Jan 05, 2007
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — St. Paul Travelers is scaling back plans to stop renewing most of its commercial policies in the New Orleans area this year, a decision that is “very good news” for businesses here after the 2005 hurricanes, Insurance Commissioner ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2007
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The Argus Group has completed the acquisition of a Bermuda-based life insurance unit of Tremont Group Holdings.
The announcement came yesterday from Argus president and chief executive officer Gerald Simons, who said the deal would enable the Group’s...
DATE: Jan 05, 2007
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MINSK (Reuters) — Russia and Belarus promised yesterday to keep pumping oil to Europe, after Minsk slapped a duty on transit shipments of Russian crude in a trade row that has shaken the ex-Soviet states’ strategic alliance.Belarus President Alexande...
DATE: Jan 05, 2007
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