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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index surged yesterday after a steep sell-off the day before, as upbeat investors scooped up beaten-down shares including heavyweight energy and banking issues.
Powerhouse energy stocks shot up 3.2 percent, as...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., yesterday said its head of insurance, Michael Fujii is retiring from the company.
Mr. Fujii, global chief executive officer, Insurance Operations, joined Endurance in 2004 and led the establishment and...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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HUNTSVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) – Contingency Plan 32 would remove any conceivable projectile, even decorative rocks, from the streets of Huntsville, Ontario, a posh lake-district resort town where Canada will host the G8 summit of world leaders later ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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Telecommunications reform measures outlined in a draft bill due to go before the House of Assembly before its summer recess could spell the end for smaller operators in the industry and cost "hundreds of jobs".
That is the view of Jamie Thain, managi...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California (AP) – Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs shared a secret with his audience at a technology conference outside Los Angeles on Tuesday: The idea for the iPad came before the iPhone.
The idea to ditch the keyboard for what Jobs c...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market rebounded yesterday following a stronger-than-expected increase in pending home sales and a recovery in shares of energy companies.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 226 points, its third biggest gain of 201...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee expanded his investigation of Johnson & Johnson yesterday, saying another 2008 recall casts doubt on the drugmaker's pledge of protecting consumers.
Chairman Ed...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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PowerPoint has taken a lot of flak recently, especially from the US military, for its overuse at presentations and its failure to help communicate complex topics. Now for the good story from researcher Sarah Kaplan, of the Joseph L. Rotman School of ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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TORONTO (AP) – Canada yesterday became the first Group of Seven nation to raise interest rates since the global financial crisis, but said any further hikes would depend on global economic conditions.
The Bank of Canada increased its key interest rat...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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Butterfield Bank's share price yesterday surged 33 percent, helping to push The Royal Gazette/BSX Index up by 11.5 percent.
By early yesterday afternoon, Butterfield's common shares were trading at $2, up from Monday's closing price of $1.50.
Those w...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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