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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England held interest rates at 5.25 percent yesterday, but is widely expected to cut them by the middle of the year to shore up an economy buffeted by the global credit crunch.
All but one of 65 economists polled last w...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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The deadline for nominations for the Bermuda Insurance Institute's Insurance Industry Awards is looming with the cut off at the close of business on Friday March 14.
There are again three categories for which nomination can be made, including lifetim...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Britons' concern about the economy increased to the highest level since 1999 last month, an opinion poll by Ipsos MORI showed.
When asked what the "most important issue facing Britain today" is, 18 percent of respondents mentione...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — A bond fund managed by private equity firm Carlyle Group, revealed yesterday that it has received a note of default after failing to meet several payment demands.
Shares of Carlyle Capital Corp. Ltd. plummeted more than 50 percent on th...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Home foreclosures soared to an all-time high in the final three months of 2007 and probably will keep rising, evidence of homeowners' suffering and the economic danger from the meltdown.
The Mortgage Bankers Association said yesterd...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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TORONTO (BLOOMBERG) - Canadian stocks fell for a fourth time in five days as financial shares declined on concern that credit-related losses may mount.
Bank of Montreal paced the retreat with its steepest drop in almost eight years.
The Standard & Po...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior US Senate Democrat yesterday left open the chance of reconsideration and compromise on a housing bill that was blocked last week by Republicans amid a growing mortgage finance crisis.
"There's a chance to bring back th...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - Former US vice-president Al Gore left the White House seven years ago with less than $2 million in assets, including a Virginia home and the family farm in Tennessee. Now he is making enough to put $35 million in hedge funds ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday postponed a key deadline in a looming battle with spurned suitor Microsoft Corp., hoping to gain more wiggle room as it tries to escape a takeover.
The Sunnyvale-based company's m...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Segro Plc, Britain's largest owner of business parks, plans to invest more in the UK this year once commercial property prices stop declining.
For the first time in four years, the company will acquire more real estate in the UK ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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