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NEW YORK (AP) — Google Inc. is closing three engineering offices and cutting 100 recruiters from its work force as the recession dampens hiring at the Internet search company.
"Given the state of the economy, we recognised that we needed fewer people...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's struggling retailers posted a mixed bag of trading statements yesterday, with sales of cheap clothes and baby equipment staying strong while electronics and home improvement goods slumped.
Associated British Foods PLC said sal...
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Employees will be able to find out whether they are working in the right career thanks to a psychometric testing service launched by The James Partnership.
The company, which specialises in recruitment and executive search and selection, will offer t...
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LONDON (AP) — Music retailer HMV yesterday announced plans to enter the live music market, taking over major concert venues and becoming a ticket seller for events, as it reported largely flat sales over the Christmas holiday period.
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Bermuda-registered network provider Pacific Crossing is set to expand the communications links between between North America and Asia following the introduction of a gigabit ethernet access support for carrier and Internet Service Provider customers....
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It proved to be a day of losses on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday, with no fewer than three companies seeing their share prices drop.
Argus Group Holdings Ltd. fell 45 cents (4.61 percent) to close at $9.30, with 2,321...
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Retailers suffered a hard winter with retail sales falling by 5.8 percent after adjusting for the rate of inflation in November 2008, according to the latest statistics released by Government yesterday.
The Department of Statistics' Retail Sales Inde...
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Bermuda's real estate market is remaining steady, with property sales up four percent in 2008 from the previous year, while the average price of a single family home was near the 2007 level of about $1.6 million, according to the latest Government fi...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out by the US, is giving executives and employees at least $619 million in retention pay, $150 million more than previously disclosed.
AIG is spending the money to prevent a...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. is working with fund managers and lawyers to explore whether it will be possible to recover any of the money at risk in some of its pension and investment fundsaffected by exposure to the alleged Bernard Madoff fraud.
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DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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