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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Britain's Department for Transport terminated the contract for GNER to run the main railway line between London and Scotland along the UK's east coast after the company's parent, Sea Containers Ltd., filed for bankruptcy.GNER wil...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — UK clothing sellers may struggle to increase holiday sales this year as the mildest winter in almost 350 years deters shoppers from buying coats and sweaters, retailers and analysts say.“Scarves, gloves and hats are not selling i...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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The 2007 Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) is hosting its annual International Conference from March 11 to 13 at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, Arizona.
The CICA International Conference offers education sessions and networking venues t...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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Question: What do you think of shares of Tiffany & Co.? The company seems to be doing the right things. — R.V., via the Internet
Reply:>Its little blue box has contained good earnings results lately.Not many retailers can say domestic sales are being...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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How would you invest $10,000 in the coming year?
Each year we toss that question across the plate to a panel of investment experts.
Knocking the cover off the ball for a second year in a row was Richard Cripps, chief market strategist for St. Louis-b...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Alex Vergos spends his usual workday at FedEx Express in a quiet office in front of a computer. But not this time of year.It’s the busy season for the world’s largest cargo airline, and office workers like Vergos who volunte...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jason and Charly Rok moved into a new apartment just a year ago, so money was tight as they prepared to exchange gifts during Hanukkah.But Charly Rok, a media director with a New York public relations firm, said her husband came up wi...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Tony Blair defended a decision to halt the investigation of a multi-billion dollar arms deal between BAE Systems PLC and Saudi Arabia, saying last week he took full responsibility for the controversial move.BAE’s ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Asia’s economic boom has caused a surge in car and motorcycle sales, undercutting efforts to promote public transport in the region and clean up its dirty skies, delegates told a pollution conference last week.While some ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Japan says soot from Chinese power stations is poisoning its lakes. Coal emissions from India and China are polluting the air in Bangladesh. Land-clearing forest fires in Indonesia routinely send a choking haze across Sin...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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