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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's extraordinary auto industry intervention is assertive and coldly pragmatic, with a dose of caution and a sentimental nod to the automobile's place in the American psyche.
Obama's curt rejection of General Mo...
DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, the British publisher of the Harry Potter series, posted better than expected full year earnings yesterday but warned that the outlook remained very tough.
Bloomsbury reported net profit of £7.84 million ($11....
DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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Arch Capital Group Ltd. has been affirmed an Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at A, while its subsidiary Arch Reinsurance Ltd. has been affirmed an Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating of A+ by Fitch Ratings. The rating outlooks are stable.
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DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Aviva Plc, ING Groep NV and Aegon NV had their credit ratings cut by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, which said the outlook for the European insurers was negative amid financial market turmoil and a global recession.
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DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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The internet speed pricing war stepped up a notch, with North Rock Communications and Logic Communications going head-to-head over the latest service upgrades.
Logic has moved it clients up 544 kbps from 256 kbps to 800 kbps, again for $69.95 per mon...
DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose three percent yesterday tracking Wall Street higher despite gloomy economic data and swelling crude inventories in the United States.
US crude rose $1.49 to settle at $49.90 a barrel, reversing direction after Mon...
DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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Conficker is or is not an April Fool's joke, depending on who you believe. Whatever the case, you had better protect yourself anyway.
One reason to take it seriously is the $250,000 bounty Microsoft is offering for the information about its so far un...
DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street gave a tentative "thumbs up" yesterday to the long-awaited debt refinancing of Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd., which borrowed heavily to transform itself into a diversified manufacturer.
Last year the 138-year-old Bermuda-based c...
DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy will shrink by 3.7 percent this year, its fastest pace of decline since World War Two, and the government has little room for more fiscal support, top international researchers said yesterday.
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DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - US technology services company IBM is to manage the IT requirements of Carphone Warehouse, Europe's leading independent mobile phone retailer.
IBM said yesterday the deal was a multi-year infrastructure services agreement but decli...
DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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