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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union regulators yesterday gave their approval to 1.9 billion euros in aid given to Britain's struggling state-owned postal service.
The European Commission said aid measures given by the British government to Royal Mail betw...
DATE: Apr 09, 2009
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BF&M Ltd.'s profits fell by nearly a fifth last year, as its investments took a hit in treacherous markets.
The insurance company yesterday announced net earnings of $22.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, resulting in a 15 percent return...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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OK, it's official. Time wasting on the Internet while at work can actually make you more productive.
However, try selling that claim to your supervisor. Even if you wave the research in his or her's face, I doubt you would get a smidgen of encouragem...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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MIAMI (AP) — The two headquarters buildings of Bacardi USA are among Miami's most iconic landmarks: one an eight-story tower graced by blue and white Spanish tiles, the other a perfect square covered in an abstract modern glass mural.
Yesterday, city...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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The Bank of Bermuda is cutting 14 jobs as it strives to make efficiencies in the testing economic conditions.
Ten of the posts will go in the bank's Securities Services division and another four will be axed in the Insurance department, the bank said...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Ace Ltd. chief executive Officer Evan Greenberg's bonus declined 31 percent in 2008 as the company's stock fell for the first time in six years.
Greenberg's bonus slipped to $2.9 million from $4.2 million in 2007, the insurer s...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Allen Stanford, the financier accused by a US regulator of running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, told ABC News he did nothing wrong and said he expects to be indicted by a grand jury in about two weeks.
The US Securities ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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Massachusetts regulators are seeking the return of hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from parties including the Bermuda unit of Fairfield Greenwich - a feeder fund for Bernard Madoff - for allegedly misleading investors.
In an administrative co...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) - Sun Microsystems Inc. may have difficulty finding a new suitor after talks with International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) broke down, analysts and investors said.
Hewlett-Packard Co., which held merger talks with Sun las...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - I procrastinated for nearly two weeks before installing Microsoft Corp.'s new web browser.
I'd been happy using rival products like Firefox and Chrome at work and Flock at home, and habits are hard to break, even though version eight ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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