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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ended the first week of the third quarter with a respectable gain yesterday, shaking off early losses as investors found signs of strength in the government's June employment report.For the most part, investors were reliev...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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I once had a boss who could put my stomach in knots just by walking past my desk. This person was so scary that even today, decades later, I still get chills thinking about her reign of terror.Such management by fear is not uncommon in the business w...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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LONDON — Britain's top share index ended up 0.8 percent, led by heavyweight oil stocks as crude prices surged to an 11-month high above $76 a barrel and shrugged off better than expected US jobs growth. The FTSE 100 closed up 54.9 points, or 0.83 per...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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Q. I would like your opinion of my shares of Sears Holdings Corp. I'm not sure about its future. — C.L., via the internet
A. The famed retailer, with about 3,900 full-line and specialty stores in the United States and Canada, has a shopping list of c...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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EVERY seven seconds in the US, someone is turning 50. Today I'm contemplating my seven seconds of fame.I'm not one of those people who think 50 is the new 30. It's more important for me to eat well, exercise and get a good night's sleep than to see a...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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A letter this week from London, where the only topic is money.
For the past few days, I have been attempting to buy an apartment. Having set my sights high, my initial foray into the market was depressing. Today, however, I discovered that I may have...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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Shares of Butterfield Bank Ltd. climbed to a 52-week high yesterday, helping The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange Index to end the week on a positive note.
The Index closed up 26.65 points (0.52 percent) on 5,150.22 on a day when volume totalle...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index capped a positive week with a modest gain yesterday, lifted by positive economic data and continued strength in mining shares.The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 39.29 points, or 0.3 perce...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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THIS week, Bermuda town is very quiet; buses running almost ahead of schedule, parking spaces available in the centre; little 5 p.m. traffic these last few days. Of course, there is the US national holiday on July 4, so conjecture is that everyone mu...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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THE prospectus for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s initial public offering includes evidence that private-equity firms and their investors are at risk from what's known as asset bloat.More than half of the $59.7 billion in capital that the New York-b...
DATE: Jul 07, 2007
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