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Logic Communications has responded to competitor North Rock Communications' latest Internet speed upgrade by claiming it is not materially different to its own service and that it would at least match its rival Internet Service Provider's (ISP) offer...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Britons paid off mortgages at the fastest rate in four decades in the last quarter of 2008, the Bank of England said yesterday.
Britons raised their equity in properties by £8 billion ($11.5 billion) in the period, up from £5.9 billion ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Internet advertising spending in the UK rose 17 percent last year, while total ad expenditure declined amid the economic slump.
UK internet spending totalled £3.35 billion ($4.8 billion) in 2008, the Internet Advertising Bureau r...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has been affirmed an Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of A-, while subsidiary Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. has been affirmed an A Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating by Fitch Ratings.
This was despite shareholders' equity d...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - The UK Treasury unveiled legislation to close a loophole that allows wealthy individuals to reduce their personal tax bills by deducting losses incurred by companies that employ them.
The Revenue and Customs office of the Treasur...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The US and Gibraltar, a UK territory on the southern tip of Spain, agreed to share information to help track tax evaders.
At the Group of 20 leaders meeting April 2, "the topic of offshore tax evasion and strengthening the implem...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Golden Ocean Group Ltd., the commodity shipping line led by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, expects to conclude restructuring talks "shortly" with lending banks, creditors and shipyards.
"Management believes ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — General Motors Corp. bonds tumbled on concern that President Barack Obama will let the biggest U.S. automaker file for bankruptcy.
GM's $500 million of 7.7 percent notes due in 2016 fell 8.8 cents to 10.4 cents on the dollar as...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors opened a probe yesterday into whether oil giant Total SA, tyre company Michelin SA, and the French operations of sportswear maker Adidas committed tax fraud through bank accounts in Liechtenstein, a judicial official sa...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts' top securities regulator accused a major feeder fund for Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment scheme of misrepresenting its lack of knowledge about Madoff's operations.
Secretary of State William Galvin accused Fairfiel...
DATE: Apr 02, 2009
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