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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks extended their September rally yesterday following more encouraging news on the job market.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 28 points after the Labour Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - Defence contractor BAE Systems plc. says it is in talks with unions to cut around 740 jobs in Britain, mainly from its military air division.
Kevin Taylor, the managing director of BAE's Military Air Solutions division, said yesterday t...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks fell for a third straight day as mining companies slumped following a bigger- than-estimated drop in US jobless claims, offsetting gains by energy producers and banks.
Detour Gold Corp. and Silvercorp Metals Inc...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - The Bank of England held interest rates steady at a record low of 0.5 percent for the 18th consecutive month yesterday amid growing fears about a double-dip recession.
Most economists expect rates to stay at that level well into next ye...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (Bloomberg) - Ford Motor Co. has cancelled plans to move production of a small sport-utility vehicle from Europe to Kentucky as currency exchange rates no longer favour US production, according to two people familiar with the dec...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange endured one of its quietest days so far this year, with no shares trading.
The Index opened and closed at 1,339.02.
The BSX Insurance Index, meanwhile, rose 12 points (1.27 percent) to 957.
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's financial regulator hit Goldman Sachs International with a £17.5 million ($27 million) fine yesterday for failing to notify UK authorities about an investigation in the US.
It was the second-largest fine ever imposed by the Fi...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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Swiss business service providers have travelled to Bermuda and spoken with re/insurance industry leaders in an effort to persuade them to relocate their companies to Switzerland.
The revelation came from Hiscox Bermuda chief executive officer Charles...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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MADRID (AP) - Spain gave final approval yesterday to labour market reforms designed to shake up a listless economy and help slash a bloated deficit that has prompted European-wide worries of another Greek-style debt crisis.
But it was hardly a day fo...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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The Bermuda insurance market's overall operating performance is stronger than that of Lloyd's of London, while its growth has exceeded its British rival over the past decade, according to a report by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
The study enti...
DATE: Sep 09, 2010
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