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DETROIT (Bloomberg) — General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. said US sales plummeted at least 40 percent in January and Toyota Motor Corp. dived by almost a third as the recession ravaged demand in the world's biggest auto market.
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Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty Corp. last night announced its business of guranteeing US public finance projects rose by 134 percent in January, compared to the same month a year ago.
Assured said it provided guaranties on 114 US public ...
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The Bermuda International Business Association announces the winners of their first-ever "Annual General Meeting" essay competition. Students were asked to submit a 500-word essay answering the question "What will the new US presidential administrati...
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HANOVER (Bloomberg) — Hannover Re said 2009 may become the second-most profitable year in the company's history as insurers hurt by financial market losses turn to reinsurers to help them shoulder risk.
Earnings per share at Germany's second-biggest ...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration is considering government guarantees for home loans modified by their servicers, seeking to stem the record surge of foreclosures that's hammering US property values.
The proposal, which may also have t...
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LONDON (AP) — Mobile phone service provider Vodafone Group PLC said yesterday that its revenues rose 14 percent in the last three months of 2008 compared to the same period a year earlier, led by a 28-percent gain in its Asia, Pacific and Middle East...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bermuda's business climate is getting chillier, so some multinational companies are seeking more hospitable locales — like wind-swept Ireland and snowy Switzerland.
In recent weeks, there has been an exodus of large companies inc...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd., the world's largest maker of security systems through its ADT unit, posted first-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates and spurred the biggest share gain in more than six years....
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Tyco International Ltd. rose the most in more than six years in New York trading after the world's largest maker of security systems posted first-quarter profit and sales that exceeded analysts' estimates.
Tyco International cl...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Some heartening news on home sales and earnings has let Wall Street set aside a little of its angst.
Major stock indexes jumped more than one percent yesterday, and the Dow Jones industrials rose more than 140 points as some of the da...
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