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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Gold futures rose to a record settlement of $1,416.10 an ounce on concern the US will pump more cash into the economy and Europe’s debt woes will spread, boosting the appeal of the metal as an alternative currency.
Federal Reserv...
DATE: Dec 07, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto’s main stock index rallied late yesterday and closed strongly higher as record gold prices pushed up resource stocks.
Bullion prices climbed to a record high of $1,427.01 an ounce, helping to lift the index’s heavyweight m...
DATE: Dec 07, 2010
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A recent working paper by an Israeli researcher found that company recruiters were more reluctant to call a beautiful woman in for interviews, preferring applicants who were to speak plainly ugly, or women who didn’t include a picture with a resume.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Google Inc. is making the leap from digital librarian to merchant in a challenge to Amazon.com Inc. and its Kindle electronic reader.
The long-awaited Internet book store, which opened Monday in the US, draws upon a portion of the ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2010
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan (AP) Chrysler Group wants to show the world that it’s serious about mid-size sedans.
After years of disappointing sales, the company yesterday launched production of the revamped Chrysler 200 which replaces the Sebring and ...
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Bermuda-based supertankert operator Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd yesterday took delivery of the Nordic Vega, a suezmax newbuilding, built at a Far Eastern yard.
The new vessel took Noridc’s fleet up to 19 suezmax vessels, each of approximately...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) MetLife Inc expects operating earnings to grow more than a third next year as the largest US life insurer benefits from its blockbuster acquisition of global life insurer Alico.
The company expects operating earnings to decline acr...
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Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd has hired Daniel Gamble from Bermuda rival Arch Capital to be managing director of its US unit.
Mr Gamble has more than 15 years experience in professional liability underwriting, most recently as executive vice-president...
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NEW DELHI (Bloomberg) India aims to raise the limit on foreign direct investment in insurance industry to attract companies in the $41 billion market, according to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the nation’s Planning Commission.
“I am hop...
DATE: Dec 07, 2010
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KeyTech Ltd. spent nearly $3 million on staff separation expenses in the six-month period through September as it trimmed its workforce, the company revealed yesterday.
The group, which owns the Bermuda Telephone Company, M3 Wireless and Logic Commun...
DATE: Dec 07, 2010
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