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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Employers in the US plan to increase payrolls next quarter for the first time in a year as confidence in the economic recovery grows, a private survey showed yesterday.
Manpower Inc., the world's second-largest provider of temp...
DATE: Dec 09, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — British manufacturing remains in a deep slump and consumers continue to spend cautiously, according to reports released yesterday that underline the fragility of Britain's recovery from a deep recession.
Manufacturing output in the Unit...
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Bermuda-domiciled Digicel Ltd. has announced the completion of a $500 million corporate bond offering of senior notes due in 2017.
The bonds were sold with a coupon of 8.25 percent and priced at 98.625 to yield 8.5 percent.
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Four jobs have gone at the newly combined operations of Marsh Inc. and Independent Advisory Services Ltd., The Royal Gazette has learned.
Marsh, a global insurance broker and risk adviser, took over IAS, which had been the largest independent captive...
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed 1.65 percent lower on worries over British banks' exposure to Dubai debt and concerns ahead of today's UK pre-budget report that Royal Bank of Scotland's board might resign in a row over bonus payments. The F...
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HORSHAM, England (Reuters) - British opposition leader David Cameron urged the Labour government yesterday to slash the budget deficit or risk damaging investor confidence, pushing up interest rates and prolonging the economic downturn.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Investor confidence in Dubai took a fresh knock yesterday as officials dithered over a rescue for debt-laden state conglomerate Dubai World and ratings agency Moody's slapped a downgrade on government-related debt.
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XL Capital Ltd. chief executive officer Michael McGavick told an investor conference yesterday that the business insurer's management team is "at the end of the beginning" after a year of strong recovery.
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs US Financial Se...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — FedEx Corp. said its fiscal second-quarter profit exceeded its forecast as international and ground shipments rose, bolstering economists' assessments that a global recovery is under way.
Earnings will be $1.10 a share for the ...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Banyon Investments LLC, a hedge fund in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, invested $775 million in the alleged $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme run by Scott Rothstein, bankruptcy court records show.
Banyon's investments make it the largest cr...
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