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BERLIN (Bloomberg) - Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest carmaker, opened a Russian factory yesterday, seeking to triple its share of the country's market and joining rivals Ford Motor Co. and Renault SA in beginning production in one of the fastest grow...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index logged its best day of the month yesterday, rising sharply in a broad rally led by financial and materials issues.
The materials sector climbed 2.8 percent, helped by a jump in Potash Corp o...
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Catlin Group boosted its trading thanks to more than doubling its gross premiums written over the past nine months, despite still holding subprime-related securities with a book value of $85 million.
The international specialty property/casualty insu...
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In the two days since XL boss Brian O'Hara resigned as a director of Security Capital Assurance its shares have rocketed by around 50 percent.
Shares of SCA, which is a spin-off from XL Capital, have been in the doldrums but not any longer.
And the r...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - The rate to transport oil from the Caribbean on Aframax ships was little changed after rising 16 percent yesterday on higher demand.
The average rate derived by Bloomberg to transport oil in the Caribbean was unchanged at World...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street barreled higher yesterday for the second day in a row, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its biggest two-day point gain in five years after a Federal Reserve official hinted that the central bank may lower interest r...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer, had its biggest gain in two years of after Wachovia Corp. analyst John Hall said the company is worth 23 percent more than Tuesday's closing price.
Shares of New Y...
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TORONTO (AP) - Regulators have launched an investigation into allegations that the Canadian divisions of Nestle, Cadbury, Hershey and others have teamed up in a price-fixing scheme in the multi-billion-dollar Canadian business of chocolate bars, comp...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - President George W. Bush yesterday blocked a potential December 1 strike by workers on Amtrak, the nation's passenger railroad.
Bush created a presidential emergency board, which will consider arguments from Amtrak management...
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange was boosted by the performance of the insurance and utilities sectors as it climbed 11.23 points (0.23 percent) to close up at 4,974.59 yesterday.
BF&M Ltd. increased it share price 50 cents (2.6 percent) to f...
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