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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Delta Air Lines Inc., poised to become the world's largest carrier by acquiring Northwest Airlines Corp., plans to drop more flights to blunt soaring fuel bills.
"There will be some incremental cuts," president Ed Bastian told ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US property-casualty insurers could see a surge in takeover interest as various factors mean the time is ripe for foreign buyers to open their wallets.
Analysts and industry executives say would-be acquirers in Europe and Asia ar...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - British Airways plc., Europe's third-biggest airline, said traffic fell 0.7 percent last month as economies slowed and passengers shunned the carrier's London Heathrow hub after the chaotic opening of the new Terminal 5.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Governments in emerging markets are increasingly looking at the potential to tap capital markets to help fund the cost of recovery when costly natural catastrophes strike, experts say.
Some nations have already issued debt instru...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — A London court was asked to decide the point in time that employers incur liability for their workers' exposure to asbestos.
Sufferers of mesothelioma, a lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure, their employers and insurers are s...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's services sector contracted last month for the first time in five years, a survey showed yesterday, providing more gloomy news for Bank of England (BoE) policymakers as they begin this month's policy meeting.
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The Bank of Bermuda is going 'Green' on World Environment Day in a bid to promote environmental awareness among its customers and employees.
In an effort to cut down on paper usage and encourage clients to get electronic statements instead, the bank ...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The Aaa financial strength ratings of bond insurers MBIA Inc. and Ambac Financial Corp. face a new threat from Moody's Investors Service as losses from the mortgage-market slump deepen.
Moody's yesterday put the ratings under r...
DATE: Jun 05, 2008
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Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Bermuda bond reinsurer Ram Reinsurance's financial strength and financial enhancement ratings from AAA to AA and put a negative outlook on the ratings.
Ram chief executive officer Vernon Endo said he be...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks fell a second day, led by Encana Corp., after oil prices fell and US Federal Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke said the central bank is concerned by a rise in inflation expectations.
The Standard & Poor's/TSX Compo...
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