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NEW YORK (AP) - Blockbuster Inc. knows the days of the movie rental store are numbered, as video downloads over the Internet slowly start to replace DVDs.
But knowing which way the wind is blowing does not mean you can sail it. Blockbuster's first bo...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - A US court ordered the seizure of Ocean Jade, a commodity vessel owned by STX Pan Ocean Co., South Korea's largest bulk-shipping line, in relation to a lawsuit brought by Bermuda-based shipping line Golden Ocean Group Ltd. over t...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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BF&M Ltd. was the only mover on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday, climbing 10 cents (0.58 percent) to $17.10.
The insurance company traded 100 shares, while fellow insurer Argus Group Holdings Ltd. saw 232 shares change ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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new york (Bloomberg) — Crude oil futures fell below $34 a barrel in New York on forecasts faltering global economic growth will drive down fuel consumption for a second year.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which expects demand to fall by about 1.6 million...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the US is engaged in an "economic Pearl Harbour."
In an interview that aired on Sunday on "Dateline NBC," the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said the nation's ec...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Shares in Pearson PLC, the owner of the Financial Times newspaper and Penguin books, rallied 4.5 percent after the company indicated profits for 2008 would be ahead of market expectations despite the difficult economic environment.
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DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - The number of distressed British businesses more than trebled in 2008 compared with the previous year, insolvency expert Begbies Traynor said yesterday, adding it expected a big rise in retail failures this year.
A total of 5,651 c...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Crisis-stricken Royal Bank of Scotland took fresh help from the UK Government yesterday and announced that its losses for last year could reach £28 billion ($41.3 billion) — the biggest ever for a British corporation.
The government rai...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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Bermuda recorded a current account surplus of $548 million in the third quarter of 2008 — a rise of 30 percent compared to the same period the previous year — despite a plunge in tourism revenue.
The surplus, which reflects the difference between rec...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks fell the first time in three days, led by banks and commodity producers, on concern government aid won't revive economic and profit growth.
Royal Bank of Canada slid 3.1 percent, joining a rout in European lender...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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