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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The UK government is to introduce rules to stop companies refusing jobs to workers because they appear on lists of known trade union activists.
A consultation on the proposals will be rushed through in six weeks to enable the gov...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — European insurers such as Allianz SE and Axa SA may be forced to cut costs, outsource more functions and boost revenue from emerging markets to maintain earnings growth as the recession in their home markets deepens, consulting f...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed sharply lower for a second consecutive session yesterday as worries about the global economy spurred risk aversion, pulling down weighty energy and bank shares.
Early dealings were choppy with ste...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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Digicel Limited today announced it has completed a US$160 million corporate bond offering, which is a reopening of the US$350 million of 12% senior notes due 2014 that were sold in March 2009. A further US$90 million of the existing 2014 bonds held b...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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XL Insurance has expanded its US aviation business with four new appointments to its New York-based underwriting team. The news comes after one of the most expensive periods since September 2001 for aviation insurers, with recent crashes off Brazil a...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. said yesterday it will launch a tiny new laptop starting in August, the company's belated entry into the growing but cutthroat "netbook" PC market.
The new addition to its Vaio line of computers will cost about 60,000 yen ($63...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — A business group said yesterday that the worst of Britain's recession is over, but the Bank of England should still print more money because recovery is not assured.
A separate report showed that manufacturing output fell in May, castin...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling will call on British banks to plan for their own demise by drawing up plans to unwind their businesses in case they fail, a person familiar with the plan said.
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DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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United States citizens and resident aliens who maintain offshore financial accounts with assets of $10,000 or more at any time during a calendar year, in addition to reporting and paying income tax on the investment income from these accounts, are re...
DATE: Jul 07, 2009
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Aspen Insurance Ltd. said yesterday it has established an excess casualty unit in Bermuda, in addition to its existing excess casualty unit in Dublin, Ireland. The Hamilton office will provide excess coverage for catastrophic casualty risks on a glob...
DATE: Jul 07, 2009
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