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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — McDonald’s Corp. yesterday said it has agreed to pay an additional penny per pound for Florida tomatoes, ending farm workers’ two-year campaign for the increase.Beginning in the 2007 growing season, McDonald’s’ US unit will pa...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ended an erratic session essentially flat as investors grew anxious about upcoming first-quarter earnings and the possibility that interest rates won’t be declining anytime soon. A $2 drop in oil prices lent support to the...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canada’s main stock index rose to a record, led by Canadian National Railway Company, as a stronger-than-expected US jobs report allayed concern that demand for Canadian exports will slow.Canadian National paced gains among indu...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Stocks should complete the last leg of their recovery from February’s big sell-off next week as Friday’s surprisingly strong job growth data calms investor concerns about the outlook for the economy and consumer spending.The next...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Congress, which over the past six years has repeatedly cut taxes on US companies, now wants some of the money back.And one of the ways they are considering is to extend US taxation to US companies’ international operations in...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — When Performance Technologies Inc. renewed its insurance policy protecting against shareholder lawsuits, the software company paid less than it did before Enron Corp.’s collapse in 2001.American International Group Inc. and ano...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The dollar rose against the yen as evidence of a strong job market reduced speculation the Federal Reserve will cut borrowing costs in the third quarter.The US currency rebounded from a two-year low against the euro to finish t...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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Four outstanding performers in the Island’s booming reinsurance industry have been named as recipients of the Bermuda Insurance Institute’s awards for 2006.
Former Ace chief executive officer and chairman Brian Duperreault will receive the Lifetime A...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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HONG KONG (Bloomberg) — China Citic Bank Corp. may raise as much as $5.7 billion in a simultaneous Hong Kong and Shanghai initial public offering, the world’s largest stock sale year to date, said three people with knowledge of the details.The Beijin...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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Bermuda Aviation Services and the CCS Group of companies ended the speculation on their interests in one another on Friday by announcing the two firms have merged, with financing provided by Butterfield Bank.
The merge became effective on March 31, a...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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