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It may be the oldest business strategy in the world, dating back to prehistoric times.
Today, bartering can be a great way for a small business to either utilise free time during a slow cycle or dispose of excess inventory without t...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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Retailers continued to be hit hard as sales dropped for the 16th consecutive month, according to the latest figures released by Government.
The Department of Statistics' Retail Sales Index report reveals that consumers bought and estimated $98 millio...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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BOSTON — Facing impending layoffs at his manufacturing plant, Alan Willoughby left to seek financial security selling automobiles at a used-car lot. Then the economy hit the skids, and he struggled to make ends meet.
Finally, he turned to the one fie...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Insurer American International Group Inc's once-desperate financial state has started to stabilise, a government agency said yesterday, as an influential lawmaker said he would look at easing the terms of the insurer's...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Ace Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg missed a New York University insurance conference yesterday because security related to the United Nations General Assembly prevented his helicopter from landing.
John Biggs, exec...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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Getting an education doesn't have to mean leaving home for years at a time.
Takiyah Tucker, one of the newest certified public accountants (CPA) at the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) received her entire education in Bermuda.
She is a senior analyst...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) — A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the recession has ended. The Conference's Board leading indicators point to an economy on solid ground early next year, though some a...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dell Inc plans to buy Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion, paying a steep 67.5 percent premium to expand its technology services business to compete with Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM.
The deal for Perot Systems, a computer se...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell by 3.7 percent towards $69 a barrel yesterday as further signs of weak fuel demand raised expectations that prices may have raced ahead of the nascent economic recovery.
Oil prices have more than doubled since hitti...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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Brian Duperreault is set to stay on as president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) for the next five years after reaching an agreement with company yesterday.
Mr. Duperreault, who was appointed to the post in January 2008, has agreed t...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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