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DALLAS (AP) — The CEO of Southwest Airlines Co. said yesterday that the low-cost carrier could be forced to put the brakes on growth because revenue isn't rising as fast as expected.Southwest has been growing about eight percent a year by adding plan...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rebounded smartly yesterday, propelling the Dow Jones industrial average up 187 points as bond yields eased and economic data came in stronger than expected.The Dow saw its biggest point gain since July 19, 2006, and more ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rebounded as bond yields eased and stronger-than-expected economic data lent some stability to stocks, following a string of volatile sessions.The advance in the stock market followed a plunge a day earlier that was fuelle...
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Economic growth in Africa is likely to pick up to 6.2 percent this year, according to a report published yesterday at the opening of the World Economic Forum's annual conference in Africa.The Africa Competitiveness repo...
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LONDON - Britain's index of 100 leading shares rose as upbeat miners and a retreat in US bond yields from five-year highs soothed sentiment in stock markets.
The FTSE 100 closed at 6559.6 points, up 39.2 or 0.60 percent.ROUNDUP:EUROFIRSTEUROPE - Euro...
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ATLANTA (Bloomberg) — Delta Air Lines Inc., the third-largest US carrier, said a revised agreement for processing Visa and MasterCard credit cards freed up $1.1 billion held in reserve.The change will enable Delta to end this quarter with $4.2 billio...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers at Wal-Mart stores across America are loading carts with merchandise — maybe a flat-screen TV, a few DVDs and a six pack of beer — and strolling out without paying. Employees also are helping themselves to goods they haven't ...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — The US agencies that supervise more than 8,000 banks haven't censured any of them for violating fair-lending laws, three years after Federal Reserve researchers began assembling data showing blacks and Hispanics are more like...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A new Associated Press calculation shows that compensation for America's top CEOs has skyrocketed into the stratospheric heights of pro athletes and movie stars: Half make more than $8.3 million a year, and some make much, much more.C...
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The latest retail sales index figures, released the day after inflation in Bermuda was reported to have dropped to 3.1 percent, reveal residents on business trips and vacations declared $6.3 million-worth of overseas purchases when they returned to t...
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