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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was mixed in an erratic session yesterday after a flurry of merger news failed to erase investors’ concerns that a recent run-up has left stocks overbought.Monday’s merger agreements, including a deal by Freeport-McMoRan C...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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SYDNEY (Reuters) — A Mexican proposal for a global fund to help developing countries cope with the costs of natural disasters is getting a good reception from leaders in other parts of the world, Mexico’s finance chief said yesterday.Finance Minister...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said a thicket of accounting and governance rules may pose a risk to the US economy, and he plans to host a conference early next year to sort through the issue.“While necessary,” new accou...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has received US antitrust approval to acquire the North American unit of Swiss reinsurer Converium Holdings AG , US officials said yesterday.
Antitrust authorities completed their review of the $295 mill...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korean prosecutors indicted US private equity group Lone Star Funds and the Korea Exchange Bank yesterday, stepping up an investigation into the fund?s 2003 acquisition of the Korean lender, Yonhap news agency reported...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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CHICAGO (Bloomberg) ? Shares of Nabors Industries Ltd., the world's largest onshore oil and natural-gas driller, rose as much as eight percent on takeover speculation.
The shares climbed $1.01, or 3.3 percent, to $31.57 at 2.18 p.m. on the New York S...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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SYDNEY (Reuters) ? A Mexican proposal for a global fund to help developing countries cope with the costs of natural disasters is getting a good reception from leaders in other parts of the world, Mexico?s finance chief said yesterday.
Finance Ministe...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) ? A former Republican Party fundraiser at the centre of a scandal-plagued state investment in rare coins that helped Democrats seize power in the midterm elections was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in prison.
Tom Noe, a prominent ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index remained unchanged yesterday as no stocks changed price and trading was light.
The Index held at 4,808.80 as 2,785 shares worth $118,612.50 traded.
Butterfield Bank saw 1,885 shares worth $55.50 each cha...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index remained unchanged yesterday as no stocks changed price and trading was light.
The Index held at 4,808.80 as 2,785 shares worth $118,612.50 traded.
Butterfield Bank saw 1,885 shares worth $55.50 each cha...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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