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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd, a Bermuda-based investment and shipping-services company, said first-quarter profit at its Brazilian marine unit rose 42 percent after it cut costs and increased exports.Net income at the unit, Wilson ...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Napster Inc., the music download pioneer, posted a wider fourth-quarter loss after selling assets in 2006 and said sales will miss analysts' estimates this period.The net loss expanded to $8.5 million, or 20 cents a share, from...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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CHARLOTTE (Bloomberg) — Bank of America Corp., the second-biggest US lender, is exploring options for its business that helps companies buy insurance and employee-benefit plans.Banc of America Corporate Insurance Agency LLC, based in Cranford, New Je...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose to a record as speculation that financial companies will report higher profits in the second quarter overshadowed a decline in raw-materials producers.Telephone shares, the best performer among the Standard ...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co., the biggest seller of personal computers for three straight quarters, says its lead is secure as long as Dell Inc. focuses on price."To compete with Hewlett-Packard, you've going to have to compete on price...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd. said AIG Global Investment Corp. withdrew its lawsuit over the company's bond tender offer. A lawyer for AIG said they plan to refile.American International Group Inc.'s investment manageme...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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TORONTO (Dow Jones/AP) —Thomson Corp. has "no fear" of competing financial data service Bloomberg LP or the possibility that it may cut prices to pressure a newly merged Thomson-Reuters Group PLC, Thomson chairman David Thomson said yesterday."They a...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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Asset management company W.P. Stewart and Co Limited confirmed eight directors at its annual meeting held in Hamilton on Tuesday.
Chairman and CEO William Stewart has also thanked retiring board members Dominik Brunner and Jeremy Sillem for their con...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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Two stocks were active on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange on Wednesday, but the index only moved 0.66 points (0.01 percent) to 5,132.17
Shares of BF&M improved by five cents (0.05 percent) to $19 after 7,300 were traded.
the other active s...
DATE: May 17, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street gave up a huge advance and closed mixed after an unimpressive snapshot of the housing market unsettled investors. The Dow Jones industrials, which surpassed 13,400 early in the session, slipped back but still eked out a re...
DATE: May 16, 2007
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