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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan intervened in global currency markets yesterday to sell yen for the first time in six years in a bid to stop its relentless rise from threatening a fragile economic recovery.
Fresh after victory in a party leadership contest, ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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Shore Capital Group Ltd. boosted its profits before tax by 106.6 percent during the first half of this year.
The investment bank, which focuses on alternative asset class fund management and equity capital markets and has a secondary listing on the B...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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CellularOne will be upgrading its network to 3G+ in the fourth quarter of this year as the company focuses on delivering data services to mobile handsets.
In an exclusive interview yesterday, Frank Amaral, chief operating officer at CellularOne, told...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors are investigating Deutsche Telekom AG and its chief executive for suspected bribery in the Balkans, a prosecution spokesman said yesterday.
Deutsche Telekom said CEO Rene Obermann rejects the accusations, and added th...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Ace Ltd., the Zurich-based insurer with operations in more than 50 countries, agreed to pay $1.1 billion in cash to buy a majority stake in Rain & Hail Insurance Service Inc. and expand coverage of crops in the US.
The price va...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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It has been a long time since I mentioned the vast amount of good freeware available online. Software such as OpenOffice, GIMP and IrfanView are a given. These are great free programmes I have previously reviewed.
I still use AVG as my anti-virus sof...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales at US retailers increased more than expected in August, notching their largest gain in five months on strong receipts at gasoline stations and clothing outlets, according to a government report that further assuaged fears...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator last Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.
The change, called "Google Instant", is the closest the 12-year-old co...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation defied expectations for a fall in August but property prices weakened further and the Bank of England's newest recruit signalled he was in no rush to raise interest rates.
UK consumer price inflation held steady a...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian lenders are set to use surplus capital to accelerate lending in the region's fast-growing economies or scout for acquisitions after new capital rules confirmed most will comfortably meet the global regulatory req...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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