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Q. Will Pfizer Inc. revive? I am a longtime shareholder, and it has really done nothing for me in a long while. — B.P., via the internet
A. The elephant in the room when you talk about the world's largest drug company is its widely used cholesterol d...
DATE: Apr 04, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main equity index slipped yesterday as an improved tone in the global economy weighed on gold prices and rattled mining issues.
The retreat ended a three-day winning streak on the TSX, but the index still recorded its fo...
DATE: Apr 04, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) — Scrawled in big, pink letters across three envelopes are the words "spend," "save" and "give." It's how second-grader Chloe McLaughlin organises her $8 allowance.
It may sound grown-up for someone who still writes in crayon. But given...
DATE: Apr 04, 2009
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I was stranded in London this week by an acute headache (which you get from having a cute head). Not a mile from my pain was a clash of civilisations as the members of the G-20 countries met to decide our fate, and 180 groups of protestors rioted in ...
DATE: Apr 04, 2009
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Butterfield Bank sunk to its lowest point in eight years of $4.50, slipping 14.28 percent (75 cents) on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The last time it fell below $5 was in the middle of April 2001. The bank had shown...
DATE: Apr 04, 2009
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Russia Infrastructure Equities Ltd. has changed auditors from KPMG to Ernst & Young, as revealed in an announcement to the Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The company said that last month its management shareholder terminated the appoin...
DATE: Apr 03, 2009
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How to survive and thrive in today's economic downturn will be the focus for the upcoming Smarter IT Decisions Conference held by Bermuda Computer Services (BCS), IBM's Bermuda Agency.
This half-day event, which will be held at the Bermuda Underwater...
DATE: Apr 03, 2009
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Syncora Guarantee Inc.'s ratings are under threat of being revised to selective default (SD) by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services if the bond insurer fails to honour a claim on its insured obligations.
S&P said the insurer's counterparty credit rati...
DATE: Apr 03, 2009
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April 2 (Reuters) - G20 nations had set sometimes competing priorities in the run-up to the London crisis summit. Following is a rundown of how the key players fared on the issues most vital to them.
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Who wanted what: The United State...
DATE: Apr 03, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose for the first time since October 2007 in March, the Nationwide Building Society said yesterday, but the lender cautioned against jumping to conclusions about a housing market rebound.
Nationwide said house...
DATE: Apr 03, 2009
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