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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Kroll Inc., the investigative firm acquired by insurance brokerage Marsh & McLennan Cos. two years ago, denied a newspaper report that its founder was considering buying the company back."Nothing of the sort is in the works," Jod...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought nearly $268.8 million in discount retailer Target Corp. stock, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The documents filed with the Se...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Ingersoll-Rand Co., the maker of Bobcat machinery and Thermo-King refrigerated trucks, said profit fell in the third quarter on tax-related costs.
Profit from continuing operations dropped to $254 million, or 79 cents a share, ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index fell 32.25 points yesterday to close at 4,851.28.
On a quiet day of trading, Belco fell $1.75 to close at $23.25 as investors traded in 524 shares and Butterfield Bank traded in 782 shares to close uncha...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Catlin Group Ltd. agreed to buy Wellington Underwriting Plc for ?591 million ($1.22 billion) to create the biggest insurer on the Lloyd's of London market.
Catlin, a property insurer that wrote coverage for New York's World Trade...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ended an erratic session narrowly mixed yesterday, largely shrugging off a lacklustre sales report from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and news of weak consumer spending last month.The market’s ability to withstand bad news — especi...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Oil fell nearly four percent yesterday to below $59 as investors put money into other commodities and waited for signs OPEC members would adhere to their pledge to cut crude supply.US light crude settled down $2.39 at $58.36 a ba...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US consumers, helped by bigger pay cheques and lower gasoline prices, boosted their spending last month, according to a government report that may counter fears of a sharp economic slowdown. The Commerce Department said yesterd...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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(Bloomberg) — “We Think, They Sweat,” wrote author and former hedge-fund manager Andy Kessler in an article on Asian manufacturing and the US trade deficit for the Wall Street Journal two years ago. If “they” start thinking for us as well, maybe we a...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Many investment advisers tell future retirees to delay taking Social Security benefits as long as possible, so they can beef up their savings and their benefits, but that’s not always good advice.Some others, like Hermitage, Pe...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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