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Q: It’s just before Christmas and I haven’t even started shopping for gifts. How do I save time and money?
A: You’re not alone. According to recent industry surveys, it seems that more shoppers are delaying their holiday buying this year than last ye...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slid yesterday when waning enthusiasm among investors ahead of the holiday weekend overshadowed data showing higher consumer spending and a jump in sales of big-ticket goods in November. A weak bond market also weighed on stock...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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Once again the rich have gotten richer in America and everyone else is bitching and moaning about it.Or so says a recent Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, which set out to examine American opinion of the growing gap between the rich and everyone else...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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Of the 50 or so columns that appear in this space each year, this is the most difficult one to write. The Christmas break is hard upon us, and everyone in Bermuda has spent themselves into near-bankruptcy and has no interest in being made to feel gui...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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Here is the test. If you had five minutes to pack the most important things in your life with you, what would they be? Here is a second question. Do you even know where all those important things are?
The recent episode with the Somerset tsunami shou...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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f the 50 or so columns that appear in this space each year, this is the most difficult one to write. The Christmas break is hard upon us, and everyone in Bermuda has spent themselves into near-bankruptcy and has no interest in being made to feel guil...
DATE: Dec 23, 2006
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Shares of Accenture Ltd. , the number two consulting firm, jumped 4.5 percent yesterday after it reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street expectations and raised its 2007 profit forecast.
At one point they had risen they were up by eight perc...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — The US government extended the hourly flight restrictions at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, a victory for the largest airlines there.The limit of 75 flights each hour will stay in place indefinitely instead of expiring on Janu...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged two former executives of Bermuda conglomerate Tyco International Ltd. executives in connection with frauds that inflated the company’s operating income by hundreds o...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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BOSTON (AP) — Fidelity Investments announced yesterday that it will repay more than $40 million to funds affected by allegations that its traders improperly steered business to brokerage firms that gave them travel, entertainment, gifts and gratuitie...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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