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It wasn’t until her mother finished her first half marathon shortly after undergoing radiation for breast cancer that Tamara Daniels found the motivation to run a marathon.
“I’ve never thought of myself as a long distance runner. But she inspired me ...
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QUESTION: Will my Sony Corp. stock ever do any better? I can’t believe how this brand that used to be so great has lost direction. — K.R., via the Internet
REPLY: Introduction of Trinitron television sets and Walkman portable music players vaulted th...
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HONG KONG (Bloomberg) ? Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd., one of the city?s largest business-district property owners, hired six banks to arrange a S$800 million ($512 million) loan to finance expansion.
The real estate developer hired Bank of Tokyo-Mitsu...
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The release of the latest data on US labour costs and productivity growth introduced a disagreeable element into the calculations of many investors. Inflationary pressures may be more problematic and Fed policy direction more uncertain than they had ...
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The release of the latest data on US labour costs and productivity growth introduced a disagreeable element into the calculations of many investors. Inflationary pressures may be more problematic and Fed policy direction more uncertain than they had ...
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(Bloomberg) — Alfa SA, Mexico’s second-largest industrial company, said its aluminum subsidiary Nemak will pay $500 million in cash to buy at least six auto part factories from TK Aluminum, its first major acquisition since netting $1.1 billion from ...
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Argus Financial Limited (AFL) last week introduced the first of a series of private seminars for existing and potential high net worth clients at the National Gallery.
AFL is a joint venture between the Argus Group and Cidel Financial Group and is ba...
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(Bloomberg) Berkshire Hathaway Inc., run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said third-quarter profit more than quadrupled on gains in its insurance units.
Net income climbed to $2.77 billion, or $1,797 a share, from $586 million, or $381, a ye...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? When Penn National Gaming Inc. couldn?t get enough property insurance after Hurricane Katrina wrecked two of its Mississippi casinos, the company turned to Warren Buffett?s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and wound up with quadruple th...
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NEW YORK (AP) — How about this for whacky financial markets at work? The bears could be behind the current stock-price bull run.Of course, the drop in oil prices, tame inflation data and solid earnings growth have helped stocks plow ahead. But some o...
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