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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index snapped its six-day winning streak and closed slightly lower yesterday, hurt by softer commodities and recurrent worries over the impact of the economic slowdown south of the border.
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DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund yesterday said the global credit crisis, despite some recent improvement, remains a significant threat to economic growth.
Despite "unprecedented intervention" by central banks such as the Federal Res...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. saw its share price fall 45 cents (2.8 percent) to close at $15.55 on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The insurance company also traded 3,820 shares.
Butterfield Bank also dropped five cents (...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve, still working to combat the effects of a severe credit squeeze, said yesterday it had auctioned another $50 billion to cash-strapped banks at an interest rate of 2.82 percent.
It marked the ninth in a series of ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers.
Hewlett-Packard Co., the No.1 seller of personal computers worldwide...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Shares in navigation device maker TomTom NV fell sharply yesterday after the company cut financial estimates for 2008, blaming weak pricing power and retailers' stocking fewer of its products.
In the first quarter "retai...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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Troubled Bermuda-based financial guarantor Security Capital Assurance Ltd. said yesterday it would try to save its listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
The NYSE has notified SCA that was not in compliance with a continued listing standard b...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street retreated yesterday after aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. and chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) issued disappointing reports and the Federal Reserve voiced concerns about the slumping economy.
Stocks were already l...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Capital One Financial Corp. is cutting about 750 jobs in its UK division as the credit-card company scales back its ambitions in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The eliminated positions are mostly in call centers, accou...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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Leading offshore firm Appleby is pleased to announce the promotion of Sarah Moule to the position of counsel in the Bermuda office following last week's appointment of seven new partners across the firm's global office network.
Ms Moule is a member o...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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