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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks rose to a five-month high, led by raw material producers, after Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. raised prices and gold futures climbed.
Potash advanced for a 12th day, the longest stretch of gains since its ini...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty added six staff to US public finance group in the first quarter to meet soaring demand.
Assured's share of new municipal-bond insurance jumped fourfold in the first quarter to more than 30 percent, the comp...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people claiming jobless benefits in Britain fell to its lowest since 1975 in March, official data showed yesterday, but there are signs that unemployment could rise as the credit crunch bites.
Employment is running at...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - A US congressional investigation of tax evasion in the Cayman Islands will end with a "boring" report that finds no evidence of wrongdoing, said Timothy Ridley, the Cayman Islands' top securities regulator.
The Senate Finance...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive officer Jamie Dimon said he expects US home prices to drop as much as nine percent this year as even borrowers with the best credit are having difficulty keeping up their mortgage payments.
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DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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JOHANNESBURG (Bloomberg) - Aquarius Platinum Ltd., a producer of the metal in South Africa and Zimbabwe, fell the most in a month in London trading after saying it will sell shares to fund a repurchase of stock from Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.
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DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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OSLO (Bloomberg) - Seadrill Ltd., the Norwegian oil-rig company set up by billionaire John Fredriksen, got two one-year contract extensions worth about $390 million from Exxon Mobil Corp.
The four-year West Aquarius contract is now worth about $750 m...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd., a Lloyd's of London insurer, fell in London trading after it said takeover talks with several bidders ended.
The board believes "the proposed indicative offers undervalue the long-term value inheren...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil futures prices fell sharply from a record near $115 a barrel yesterday as investors absorbed a US government report that showed gasoline demand continues to decline.
Investors, who initially bought frenetically on news that crude ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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Former SEC secretary of 20 years Jonathan Katz took centre stage at a seminar on the latest hot international regulatory topics held in Bermuda yesterday.
Mr. Katz talked about the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) initiative to switch from ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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