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MUMBAI, India (AP) — India's central bank raised a key interest rate more than expected yesterday — its fifth rate hike this year — as it continues its fight against high inflation.
The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate — at which it makes s...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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TURIN (Bloomberg) — Fiat Industrial SpA, the truck and tractor unit of Fiat SpA, may be a better investment bet than the car-making business, reflecting faster profit growth next year as investors approved CEO Sergio Marchionne's spinoff proposal yes...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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Watlington Waterworks Ltd. fell 19 percent ($2.35) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The utilities company traded 2,100 shares to close at $10.05.
Butterfield Bank was the only other trader, seeing 2,000 shares worth $1.50 each change ha...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) – Kingfisher, Europe's biggest home improvement retailer, beat first-half profit forecasts, helped by cost-cutting and business improvements that it said would help it to cope with a tough consumer outlook.
The group, which runs mark...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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Bermuda-based Hiscox Ltd. has announced the sale of its US animal mortality business to Markel Service Inc.
The business, which operates under the American livestock name and provides both equine and livestock cover, will be handed over to Markel sub...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales fell unexpectedly in August for the first time in seven months, in a sign the recovery may be stalling even as some of the country's biggest stores announced jumps in profits.
The Office for National Statistics...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index eked out a modest gain yesterday as gold prices swept to a record high and copper prices rose, and, after the bell, US shares of Research In Motion jumped on better than expected quarterly results from t...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment claims dropped for the third time in four weeks and wholesale inflation remained tame, adding to evidence that the economy is gradually improving.
New claims for jobless benefits fell by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 4...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks overcame an early slide yesterday and closed higher as investors tried to keep a September rally alive.
Major indexes had opened lower after a poor reading on factory activity in New York, but turned higher around midday after ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) – Facing the largest public pension deficit for generations, the British government has appointed former cabinet minister John Hutton to lead a review of public retirement provision.
The four largest state pension funds — the health ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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