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Adidas sees stronger 2010 earnings after good Q2
BERLIN (AP) -- Sportswear maker Adidas AG raised its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday after the World Cup helped drive up second-quarter reven...
DATE: Aug 05, 2010
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UPDATE 3-Intel agrees to end chip war with rivals
+ Deal applies to CPUs, GPUs, chipsets
+ Company says changes will not be material
+ Intel denies any wrongdoing
+ Market reaction muted
(Revises first sentence, adds analyst comments, updates share p...
DATE: Aug 05, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Marsh & McLennan Cos. said yesterday it returned to profitability in the second quarter as revenue grew across all its major businesses.
The insurance broker and consulting company, led by Bermudian CEO Brian Duperreault, also avoided...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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In the lingo the business world likes to use, the e-book reader is starting to disrupt the book market. Currently, Amazon claims to own 70 to 80 percent of the e-book market. It kicked off its dominance with the Kindle, and last week discounted the p...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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Fine food lovers are the target market of a new shop which has opened in the centre of Hamilton.
The Gourmet Boutique & Galler Chocolatier, which is a family business run by owner Bernadette Walker, her husband Leetroy and daughter Kelly Creary, sell...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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XL Group plc last night posted second-quarter profits of $191.8 million and handily beat Wall Street estimates of its operating earnings.
The business insurer and reinsurer's profits broke down to 56 cents per share and compared to $79.9 million in t...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Hulu, the popular website with TV shows, now comes as a subscription-based application for iPhones and iPads. Although it isn't perfect, it works well enough that it may make you wonder if the TV's reign as the centre of family life i...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. returned profits of $205 million for the second quarter of 2010, despite facing an environment of low investment yields and tough property and casualty market conditions.
The Bermuda re/insurer's net income was up from the ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. topped $100 million in profit in its first quarterly earnings report since the company was formed by the merger of Max Capital Group and Harbor Point Re.
The Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer last night reported net in...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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Global insurance broker Marsh and reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter presented more than 20 themed gift baskets to patients at P.A.L.S. Cancer Care in Bermuda to help celebrate Cup Match. This was the second year the companies took part in this initiat...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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