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American Airlines plans to cut back on US domestic flights by as much as 12 percent, axing staff and charging extra fees.
The largest US carrier moves, announced yesterday, come as it grapples with record-high fuel prices.
Starting on June 15, it wil...
DATE: May 22, 2008
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Bermuda's Longtail Aviation will be receiving international attention this week when it is featured at the European Business Aviation's annual convention and exhibition.
Longtail Aviation earned the position for being the first non-US international c...
DATE: May 22, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain aims to cut corporation tax again in the long term but wants a revenue neutral package, Finance Minister Alistair Darling said yesterday, as businesses grow increasingly critical about the UK tax burden.
The ruling Labour P...
DATE: May 22, 2008
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CHAMPAIGN, Illinois (AP) — Not long ago, the fledgling ethanol industry was the darling of investors, farmers, the federal government and a lot of Americans who liked the idea of turning corn into fuel.
But suddenly, it doesn't have nearly as many fr...
DATE: May 22, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Former American International Group Inc. chairman Maurice (Hank) Greenberg may be sued by US regulators for his alleged role in a sham reinsurance transaction that led to five criminal convictions.
Greenberg, 83, received a so-...
DATE: May 22, 2008
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STOCKHOLM (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based West Siberian Resources Ltd., whose Russian oil output climbed to a record in the first quarter, rose to a seven-month high in Stockholm trading after posting a profit.
West Siberian advanced as much as 0.35 kron...
DATE: May 22, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — British food and clothing retailer Marks and Spencer PLC yesterday reported that full-year profits rose 24.5 percent, but the company said sales dipped in the fourth quarter and it expected a difficult year ahead.
Despite the strong pro...
DATE: May 21, 2008
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BOSTON (AP) — A new service named Foneshow offers a quick and easy way to access the downloadable radio shows known as podcasts. Instead of synching your music player to a PC to get audio clips that interest you, Foneshow lets you listen to podcasts ...
DATE: May 21, 2008
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As many as 12 staff will be affected when Rothschild's Bermuda office closes its doors this September. Despite calling the Bermuda branch "successful," Rothschild Trust CEO David McLennan said in a press release that the closure would improve efficie...
DATE: May 21, 2008
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A friend of mine was so exultant about a new device he had bought this week, that I though he had just bought an iPhone.
"This is simply the best phone ever made," he said. Then I looked. No, it was not an iPhone, but a relatively ancient Nokia 6310i...
DATE: May 21, 2008
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