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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks surged and the dollar jumped yesterday on reports that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his point person to combat the worst US economic crisis in 80 years, giving hope to deeply fearful markets.
Reports in the l...
DATE: Nov 22, 2008
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This week, I had my teeth cleaned and bought a new laptop computer. The cleaning cost more than the computer. There were logical reasons why this happened, which I'll explain, but happen it did.
The computer is new, but it's a fairly low-level model,...
DATE: Nov 22, 2008
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If 2009 is going to be like 2008, another record year for municipal bond defaults, what do you have to worry about?
If individual investors learned anything about the municipal bond market this year, it was this: read the offering documents that acco...
DATE: Nov 22, 2008
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Children's store Daisy & Mac has expanded its business empire by setting up a new shop in Dockyard.
It is the retailer's second satellite outlet, while its main flagship store will remain in Washington Mall on Church Street, Hamilton.
The new Dockyar...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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Shares of BF&M fell 25 cents (1.44 percent) yesterday as the company announced its third quarter earnings. BF&M announced its profit over the first nine months of the year is down 29 percent from the same period last year. Shares closed at $17 after ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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BF&M Ltd.'s profits for the first nine months of the year fell 29 percent as the value of its investments plunged by almost $15 million.
The Bermuda-based insurer and pension provider recorded profits of $15.4 million through September 30 this year, ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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Jonathan Kent
Seventeen executives from various Bermuda companies met this week in the California desert with US risk managers — some of whom are considering forming captive insurance companies on the Island.
Current market conditions have caused corporations acro...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will take whatever fiscal and monetary measures are needed to combat the effects of the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday, predicting more economic gloom to come.
Harper also told Parliame...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Alistair Darling will unveil measures next week to help small businesses cope with the toughest economic conditions since the 1930s, the Financial Times reported yesterday.
He will underwrite new loans to s...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public finances posted their first October deficit in 14 years, data showed yesterday, just days before finance minister Alistair Darling is expected to unveil costly measures to boost the economy.
The Office for National...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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