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NEW YORK (Reuters) — US retailers reported weaker-than-forecast April sales yesterday after cold, stormy weather and an earlier Easter holiday sapped demand for spring items, prompting some to cut their first-quarter forecasts.The poor results came a...
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LONDON - Britain's top share index recovered from early losses to end higher and snapped a three-day losing streak, driven by acquisition talk and easing concerns of US inflation.
China's move to let its banks to invest client funds in overseas equit...
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NEW YORK (AP) — David Neeleman stepped down as chief executive of JetBlue Airways Corp. yesterday, giving up operational control of the airline he built from a scrappy low-fare upstart into a perk-heavy carrier with nearly 600 daily flights.Neeleman ...
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Marine insurance players have a lot to ponder during their two-day risk forum in Bermuda this week. For a starter how to make a profit from the sector.
The hull insurance market, which deals with physical damage to a ship, has not presented a profit ...
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For a third consecutive day there was no change to the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange as it remained stuck at 5,154.
There was some trading activity with 35,600 shares of LOM Holdings being exchanged but not affecting the closing price of $3....
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EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands (Reuters) — Irish low-cost airline Ryanair expects to double its number of passengers to 100 million in five years' time, its chief executive told an industry conference yesterday."We are still the fastest-growing airline i...
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London is trying to make itself more appealing to the insurance industry as it strives to beat off competition from the likes of Bermuda.
In a meeting between City of London leaders and Britain's Finance Minister Gordon Brown, Lloyd's of London chair...
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C Travel and its sister company CMS have been appointed on-Island marketing and sales outlet for Zoom Airlines.
Customers can book low-cost direct flights between Bermuda and London, which will commence on June 8, through the two companies.
Zoom will...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street retreated sharply slicing nearly 150 points off the Dow Jones industrial average after weak sales at many of the nation's major retailers heightened concerns about consumer spending.The day's economic news, which also incl...
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HARVARD University economist Jeffrey Frankel has an interesting theory about the timing of the next emerging-market meltdown.Capital flows into developing economies, he says, follow a 15-year pattern: "seven fat years followed by seven lean years." T...
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