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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The UK's Financial Services Authority will next month publish market participants' feedback to its paper on potential risks created by the growing influence of private equity firms.Excessive borrowing by buyout firms to fund take...
DATE: May 11, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Clean Air Power Ltd., a developer of pollution-reducing technology for trucks, said it expanded its Australian operations to meet higher demand and increase sales of its Dual-FuelTM technology.The company received a...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Primus Guaranty Ltd., the only publicly traded company that makes most of its money investing in credit-default swaps, said it had a net loss in the first quarter as the market value of its portfolio fell.The net ...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended flat as Rio Tinto topped the gainers on bid talk but nerves ahead of rate decisions in the United States and Europe left the market subdued.
The FTSE 100 ended 0.8 points, or 0.01 percent lower ...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street wobbled, then regained its stride after the Federal Reserve told investors what they expected to hear: that inflation is still too high for comfort, but the central bank is holding interest rates steady. The Dow Jones indu...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Reinsurer Munich Re AG said yesterday it will acquire Bell & Clements Group, an insurance underwriter with operations in the US and British markets.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Munich Re said the acquisitio...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — News Corp., which disclosed a surprise bid for Dow Jones & Co. last week, reported 6.2 percent higher profit yesterday on gains at its movie studio and cable networks, including Fox News Channel.Higher earnings from home video sales o...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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Private investment company March Ltd. will cap this year's annual general meeting with a special evening at the Bermuda National Gallery on May 23. Entitled "Cocktails & Classics", the event will begin with cocktails at 5.30 p.m., followed by a class...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, fighting to keep his job, has been given two more days to respond to a finding that he violated ethics rules when he arranged a pay raise for his companion, bank officials said.Wolfowitz w...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Nabors Industries Ltd., the world's largest onshore oil and natural-gas driller, said US securities regulators concluded a probe of backdated options grants to executives and don't plan to take enforcement action.U...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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