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LONDON (AP) — The number of Britons claiming unemployment benefits fell in November for the first time in almost two years, according to official data out yesterday, giving a boost to hopes that the British economy is emerging from recession.
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DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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Esurance — a unit of the Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. — yesterday celebrated its 10th birthday.
During its first decade, the company has sold more than 1.5 million auto insurance policies, and insured more than 2.2 million drive...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Britain opened an investigation Wednesday into suspected fraud by collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing, a move that could re-ignite diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
The Serious Fraud Office said it is particularly interested...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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PARIS (Reuters) - France singled out frontline financial traders for a special 50 percent tax on bonuses, following Britain by tapping into public anger over the pay deals of bankers whom many blame for the financial crisis.
Britain plans to tax bonu...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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The former Bistro 12 restaurant has reopened for business, after being closed for renovations for four weeks.
Husband and wife team Donte and Kelly Hunt took over the eatery - now known as Plaza Cafe - in Hamilton's Walker Arcade in August and have r...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain intends that its controversial bank bonus tax will be a one-off and is confident it will help restrain payouts after talks with the industry over the last week, Treasury minister Paul Myners said yesterday.
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DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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Watlington Waterworks Ltd. and Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd. were the big winners on the Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday.
Watlington jumped $1, or 8.3 percent, on the trading of 2,500 shares, to close on $13.
Bermuda Press was the most actively trad...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Airline insurers, a group led by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Allianz SE, may lose money this year on costs from the Air France crash, forcing the industry to raise prices, broker Aon Corp. said.
"The airline in...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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SEATTLE (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. ended more than a decade of antitrust disputes with the European Union by giving consumers a choice among web browsers.
Microsoft's Windows operating system will include a screen that gives users the option of us...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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Rule Boosts Treasury Profit on Citigroup, Preserves Tax Losses
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Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- An Internal Revenue Service ruling designed to maximize profits for taxpayers after the bailout of Citigroup Inc. will also preserve as much a...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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