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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ended a winning, holiday-shortened week with a quiet advance as investors awaited the release of March employment figures and remained cautiously optimistic after their recent buying streak. The major indexes showed gains ...
DATE: Apr 07, 2007
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BERLIN (AP) — Shareholders of DaimlerChrysler AG had hoped for a decision on the sale of the money-losing Chrysler unit, or at least news on when that might happen — but got neither yesterday at a meeting marked by simmering tension over the automake...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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Bermuda’s balance of payment surplus jumped an astonishing $347 million last year to reach $901m, with big rises in income from travel, business services investment income and employee salaries more than offsetting a near doubling of the deficit in t...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO — The trio of billionaires who run Google collected less than $600,000 in combined compensation last year while they raked in big jackpots by selling some of their holdings in the online search leader.The total amount that Google paid i...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Fortress Investment Group LLC, which manages private equity and hedge funds, agreed to buy the Bermuda-based reinsurer Alea Group Holdings Ltd. for $162 million ($320 million).New York-based Fortress will pay 93 pence a share in ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Nikko Cordial Corp. shareholder Orbis Investment Management Ltd. stepped up its campaign to force Citigroup Inc. to raise a $13.4 billion takeover bid, offering its 5.8 percent stake in the market at a higher price.
The Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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Toronto (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose to a record as take-overs and higher prices for some metals boosted shares of materials producers such as Lundin Mining and Goldcorp.Energy shares including Nexen gained even as oil prices extended a drop fr...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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New York (Bloomberg) -- Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a chipmaker that plans to restate financial results, added two members to a one-person committee that's investigating its stock- option practices.
John Quinn, a retired Partner of the law firm Ar...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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A news report out of Ireland claims that many Bermuda international companies are considering plans to relocate the bulk of their businesses — leaving just satellite offices on the Island — because of concerns over work-permit time limits and the pos...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks surged on signs of resilience in the housing market and the US consumer, with falling oil prices giving investors an extra reason to rally. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 120 points.The National Association of Realt...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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