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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — A Republican House leader said he opposes granting only a short-term extension to current tax rates for top earners, as a battle looms in Congress over the expiration of the tax cuts enacted under former President George W. B...
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Trading in shares of insurer Argus Group Holdings Ltd. will resume on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) tomorrow after a suspension of more than three months.
The company made the announcement following its AGM and simultaneously announced a dividend ...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. is near an agreement to buy Quidsi Inc., the owner of Diapers.com and Soap.com, for $540 million, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
An announcement may come as soon as today, said one of the people, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The dollar rebounded on Friday as a report showed stronger-than-anticipated job gains in the United States and investors once again worried about European debt levels.
The euro, used by 16 European countries, fell to $1.4045 in late N...
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Last week brought strong gains for three of the bigger companies on the Bermuda Stock Exchange domestic board.
Ascendant Group Ltd., owner of electricity provider Belco, was the biggest climber, gaining 6.7 percent. Ascendant shares closed up $1 at $...
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Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. has agreed to pay more than $220 million to buy out some of its founding shareholders.
Saturday's announcement from the nine-year-old Bermuda-based re/insurer came after the company announced net income fo...
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CUPERTINO, California (AP) — Apple says the end of daylight savings time could cause problems for iPhone users.
The Cupertino-based company said on its website that repeating alarms set on iPhones and some versions of the iPod touch may not recognise...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — British bank HSBC said on Friday that its pretax profit for the first nine months of the year is running "well ahead" of last year although revenue growth slowed in the third quarter.
In a trading update, HSBC Holdings PLC said trading ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - AIG posted slight gains in its main insurance businesses for the third quarter, but the bailed-out company lost more than $2 billion from asset sales linked to its restructuring.
The results underscore the difficulties American I...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - The midterm elections that ended Democrats' control of the US House of Representatives are likely to sustain the bull market that began in March 2009 at the depths of the financial crisis.
US stocks will continue their ascent b...
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