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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday cut in half a $5 billion jury award for punitive damages against Exxon Mobil Corp. in the 1989 Valdez oil spill that smeared black goo across roughly 1,500 miles of Alaskan coastline.The case, on...
DATE: Dec 27, 2006
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) ? Lucy Morris, a retired school custodian in Pensacola, Florida, is waiting for help from $220 million of bonds issued to improve housing for the poor. She lives alone in her one-bedroom apartment, decorated with red and yel...
DATE: Dec 27, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — US holiday retail sales rose a disappointing three percent from 2005 as a slowing housing market and higher energy costs cut into spending, MasterCard Advisors said.The gain is less than the 5.2 percent increase last year and t...
DATE: Dec 27, 2006
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The Bermuda-based ACE Group of Companies yesterday announced the appointment of Roberto Hidalgo as president and chief executive officer of ACE Argentina and ACE Chile, effective February 1, 2007.
Mr. Hidalgo, who was formerly president and chief exe...
DATE: Dec 27, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange rose 22.93 points yesterday on trading of shares in Butterfield Bank and the Bermuda Commercial Bank (BCB), but ended the week overall slightly down.
Yesterday, 9,400 shares worth $287,800 changed hands as the...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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Always be Prepared. Here is the test. If you had five minutes to pack the most important things in your life with you, what would they be? Here is a second question. Do you even know where all those important things are?
The recent episode with the S...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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Q: It’s just before Christmas and I haven’t even started shopping for gifts. How do I save time and money?
A: You’re not alone. According to recent industry surveys, it seems that more shoppers are delaying their holiday buying this year than last ye...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slid yesterday when waning enthusiasm among investors ahead of the holiday weekend overshadowed data showing higher consumer spending and a jump in sales of big-ticket goods in November. A weak bond market also weighed on stock...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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Once again the rich have gotten richer in America and everyone else is bitching and moaning about it.Or so says a recent Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, which set out to examine American opinion of the growing gap between the rich and everyone else...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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Of the 50 or so columns that appear in this space each year, this is the most difficult one to write. The Christmas break is hard upon us, and everyone in Bermuda has spent themselves into near-bankruptcy and has no interest in being made to feel gui...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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