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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The number of UK shoppers visiting stores and malls last weekend declined as retail discounts failed to attract more customers, the Footfall research company said.
Shopping visits in the weekend of November 22 and November 23 dro...
DATE: Nov 25, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Hedge funds are about halfway done selling securities to reduce their use of borrowed money and may unload $200 billion more to complete the process, according to managers surveyed by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
The survey found...
DATE: Nov 25, 2008
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Arranging funeral services, embalming bodies and helping family and friends cope with losing a loved one.
Those are just some of the duties Doreen Williams-James fulfills on a daily basis in her role as proprietor/manager and licensed funeral directo...
DATE: Nov 25, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street barrelled higher yesterday for the second straight session, this time in a relief rally over the government's plan to bail out Citigroup Inc. - a move it hopes will help quiet some of the uncertainty hounding the financial...
DATE: Nov 25, 2008
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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. said a downgrade by Moody's Investors Service on Friday has stirred investors' fears and harmed the company's financial credibility.
Late on Friday, credit rating agency M...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian banks will show some ugly end-of-year numbers in the next two weeks and the more interesting bit — their 2009 outlooks — are bound to be vague.
Two bank warnings about fourth-quarter charges this past week helped to sink ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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New York Stock Exchange regulators have warned Bermuda bond insurer Primus Guaranty Ltd. that it has breached listing standards, because its average share price was lower than $1 over a period of 30 consecutive trading days. The company now has six m...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Staple food items such as bread and milk cost the same as last month, but there was a big difference in the price of cereal and eggs, according to The Royal Gazette's latest price survey.
The paper checked 15 of the same products at three of Bermuda'...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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After a three-year process of study and consultation, regulation of telecommunications in Bermuda is set to undergo significant reform.
Minister of Telecommunications and E-Commerce Terry Lister told the House of Assembly on Friday that the current t...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Bermuda's Applied Computer Technologies (ACT) has signed a partnership agreement with Itex, the largest UK offshore IT service provider.
The companies have come together under the 'Offshore Alliance' and from next month will be working jointly to del...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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