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NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A federal judge in New Jersey has dismissed a securities class action lawsuit brought against Merck & Co. by investors over its one-time blockbuster drug Vioxx because the statute of limitations has run out.Shares of Merck s...
DATE: Apr 14, 2007
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WHO ever thought investing in a bond-mutual fund could be so much fun? Not just any bond fund, mind you. We’re talking about emerging-markets bond funds, a small group that came out of obscurity to play a front-and-centre part in one of the great eco...
DATE: Apr 14, 2007
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SINGAPORE is getting lots of flak for boosting the pay for new government ministers to S$2.5 million ($1.6 million).That seems like a huge paycheck for anyone who isn’t acting in front of a movie camera or who isn’t an “American Idol” finalist. Georg...
DATE: Apr 14, 2007
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THE Federal Reserve has demonstrated over the past three weeks that even with the best of intentions, communicating the nuances of monetary policy decisions often isn't easy.It took the Fed three attempts after the March 20-21 Federal Open Market Com...
DATE: Apr 14, 2007
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DENVER (AP) — Jury deliberations began yesterday in Joe Nacchio’s insider trading trial following three weeks of testimony about what the one-time head of Qwest Communications may have known — and intended — when he sold $101 million worth of stock s...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Scott L. Barbee, manager of the Aegis Value Fund, made the worst investment decision of his career and the fund still ranked as the best performer in its category during the past year.
Barbee held shares of Sea Containers Ltd.,...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — EMI Group, the world’s third-largest music label, settled a royalties dispute with the Beatles’ Apple Corps Limited, in an agreement analysts said may lead to the band’s catalogue becoming available online.“We settled last month ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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GENEVA (AP) — The famous Gerber Baby will change parents, with Nestle SA announcing yesterday that it will buy Gerber Products Co. for $5.5 billion, giving the world’s biggest food and drink company the largest share of the global baby food market.Th...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out a bumpy week with a moderate gain yesterday as investors, heartened by new inflation data, bought optimistically ahead of next week’s rush of earnings releases. The Dow Jones industrials had their 10th advance i...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange remained frozen at 5,123.78 points despite trading of shares worth$421,230.
None of the stocks on the Exchange moved, although 5,900 shares of Butterfield Bank changed hands at $59.25 each.
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DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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