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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Macy's Inc., the second-biggest US department-store chain, reported second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates and raised its earnings and sales forecasts for the year.
Net income rose to $147 million, or 35 cents ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2010
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Bermuda-domiciled holding company OneBeacon Insurance Group has launched new coverages for international kidnap and ransom, and international business travel accident.
OneBeacon said that the new coverages target a number of the firm's specialty segm...
DATE: Aug 12, 2010
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A project started by the company I work for was a minor information victim of the blogosphere last week, and the ripples keep spreading, but mostly in a good way, to the mainstream media. What happened is a prime example for all businesses of how a p...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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WRAPUP 4-Fed to buy Treasuries with maturing mortgage debt
Fed to reinvest maturing mortgage debt into longer-term Treasuries
Move aimed at supporting fragile economic recovery
Fed offers more somber assessment of economy
Hoenig dissents again, disag...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market had a half-hearted comeback yesterday after the Federal Reserve announced it would take small steps to stimulate the economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average, down about 100 points before the Fed announced its plans,...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve yesterday took fresh steps to lower borrowing costs amid a softening economic recovery, announcing it would use proceeds from its maturing mortgage bonds to buy more government debt.
The decision to reinvest...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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WRAPUP 3-US productivity falls, Fed mulls stimulus
U.S. output per worker shrinks in spring quarter
Business sales down, consumer optimism fading
Data sets gloomy backdrop for Fed policy meeting (Adds details, analysis, updates market reaction)
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DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top shares were lower on Tuesday as investors nervously awaited the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting and commodity shares were hit by demand concerns following weak Chinese data.
At the close, the ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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The company that built Bermuda's seawater reverse osmosis plant suffered a 73 percent fall in profits during the second quarter of 2010 due to a drop off in the results of its services business segment and incremental business development expenses.
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DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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Bermuda's commitment to raising financial sector regulatory standards and the delivery of tax transparency has been welcomed by the UK Minister for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Henry Bellingham.
Writing in a letter to Finance Minister Paula Cox,...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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