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WASHINGTON (AP) — The websites we visit, the online links we click, the search queries we conduct, the products we put in virtual shopping carts, the personal details we reveal on social networking pages — all of this can give companies insight into ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc is interviewing banks this week to manage a planned initial public offering of life insurance unit American Life Insurance Co, sources familiar with the matter said.
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tokyo (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based MF Global Ltd., the securities firm spun off from the largest publicly traded hedge-fund manager, is opening a brokerage in Japan to take advantage of a void left by rivals exiting the world's No. 2 equity market.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Gold could be pushing towards a record high after prices surged through $1,000 an ounce yesterday for only the third time in history as the dollar's broad-based deterioration continues to fuel buying of the metal.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose for a third straight session, buoyed by the return of M&A activity and supported by hawkish economic data and with heavyweight mining and energy stocks leading the gainers. The FTSE 100 closed at 4,947.34 point...
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Had bank bosses acted on what their computer models were telling them, the financial crash that caused markets to lurch into freefall a year ago could have been averted.
That is the view of James Martin, one of the most influential people in the worl...
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BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts regulators reached an $8 million settlement yesterday with one of the so-called Bernard Madoff feeder funds that calls for full restitution for the state's victims.
The deal was struck less than 24 hours before New York-ba...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — XL Capital Ltd., the insurer that rose more than fourfold in New York trading this year, may give up more reinsurance business in next year's renewal of treaties should rates not be adequate.
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Differences in salary between blacks and whites in Bermuda highlighted by an employment survey published last week is not evidence of discrimination, the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) has said.
ABIC believes that the differenc...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Against a backdrop of flat-panel TV screens and energy-efficient washing machines, a number of nifty gadgets and chic devices stand out at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, aimed at simplifying modern life — with style.
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