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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose for a second day as the U.S. reported its first monthly employment gain in five months and companies including Magna International Inc. surged after reporting earnings that topped analysts' estimates.
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DATE: Nov 06, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - Better than expected US jobs data supported stocks yesterday following massive gains a day earlier in the wake of the Federal Reserve's decision to pump $600 billion in newly-created money into the economy. The dollar surged after the f...
DATE: Nov 06, 2010
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DETROIT (Bloomberg) — It took 51 years for General Motors Co. to go from the largest company on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to being dropped after its bankruptcy last year. The automaker may need at least another year until it returns.
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DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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BF&M Ltd. rose 1.8 percent (24 cents) to $13.25 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The insurer traded 2,000 shares during the day.
But KeyTech Ltd. slipped 0.7 percent (five cents) to $7.25, as 1,322 shares changed hands.
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DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Americans took a pause in shopping in October, leaving retailers with their weakest peformance since April as unsually warm weather depressed their appetite for cold weather items.
Stores were forced to discount more on coats and hats...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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Validus Holdings Ltd.'s profits more than halved to $238.5 million in the third quarter.
The earnings broke down to $2.08 per share, compared with $499.2 million or $5.21 per share for the same period last year.
The company said the 52 percent fall i...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - World stock markets surged yesterday while the dollar slid against the euro in the wake of the Federal Reserve's decision to pump in another $600 billion into the US economy in a fresh attempt to shore up the US economic recovery.
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DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Average house prices in Britain are on a downward trend despite a 1.8 percent rise in October, the country's biggest mortgage lender said yesterday.
The monthly rise reported Thursday by Halifax followed a 3.7 percent slump a month earl...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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Ignition (Cayman) Ltd. has been awarded a major contract to digitise and index more than one million documents for the lands and survey department of the Cayman Islands government.
Ignition, which is based in Bermuda and has offices in the US and Can...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co shares hit a six-year high for the second straight session yesterday, the day after the automaker reported sales that outperformed the US auto industry.
The stock rose as much as 4.3 percent to $15.83, its highest le...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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