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The Argus Group turned in record six month earnings of $17.3 million yesterday ? a $4.2 million or 32 percent increase over the same period in 2005.
The profit increase for the six months to the end of September, 2006 came as revenues jumped by $5.5 ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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Howe Enterprising is to close its retail outlet on Reid Street in January.
Owner Ruth Kempe said the closure of the shop, located in the LOM Building, would enable her to focus on her interior design business both in Bermuda and in London.
Howe Enter...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who can't control their gambling may have higher odds of physical health problems as well, a new study shows.
Researchers found that among more than 43,000 Americans in a national survey, problem gamblers had elevat...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — The top federal prosecutor in northern California said yesterday that the work of a US task force probing stock options backdating at companies in his area could go on for “perhaps years to come”.Kevin Ryan, the US attorney for t...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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MOSCOW (Bloomberg) — IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd., a Bermuda-based mutual fund that owns Russian telecommunications assets, yesterday denied an Interfax report it plans to invest in OAO VimpelCom.IPOC denied the report in a one-sentence statem...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Lazard Ltd. and a group of its current and former managing directors raised $590 million by selling 13 million shares, more than originally planned, to help pay off debt and fund expansion.
The investment bank run by Bruce Wass...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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OSLO (Dow Jones) ? Bermuda-based drilling firm SeaDrill ASA?s (SDRL.OS) shareholders will vote today on the company?s proposed NOK40 billion ($6.5 billion) share issuance ? a move analysts said likely will lead to an acquisition by the company.
The O...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft Corp. launched its first new computer operating system in five years yesterday, saying that despite delays, the product’s emergence is perfectly timed for PC users who increasingly need to coordinate information from a dizzy...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) ? Shares of Nabors Industries Ltd., the world?s largest onshore drilling contractor, jumped to a three-month high on Wednesday, rising with other US-based energy service companies as natural gas prices rallied.
Nabors shares rose ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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The Argus Group turned in record six month earnings of $17.3 million yesterday — a $4.2 million or 32 percent increase over the same period in 2005.
The profit increase for the six months to the end of September, 2006 came as revenues jumped by $5.5 ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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