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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone unemployment rose to its highest level in almost 12 years in April but a drop in the number of jobless in Germany in May signalled the labour market could be stabilising.
The European Union's statistics office said 10.1...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish airline Ryanair will bring forward to October its first dividend since flotation in 1997 as it swung back to a full-year profit ahead of most rivals and expects earnings to grow further this year.
Europe's biggest low-cost ca...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. has hired a former leading executive of American International Group. Douglas Worman, who served as president and CEO of AIG Excess Casualty Group (previously American Home), has been appointed e...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Global miner BHP Billiton and Japanese steelmakers have agreed on a 12.5 percent hike in the price of coking coal for the July-September period from the previous quarter, an industry source said yesterday.
The price hike to about $2...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Bailed-out US insurer AIG said yesterday it won't accept a lower offer for its Asian insurance business from Prudential, which proposed a $5 billion cut to calm rebellious shareholders who thought the price was too high.
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DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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DEALTALK-AIA IPO valuation, details, in focus after Pru rebuff
+ Question if value of AIA IPO could reach $15 bln
+ AIA IPO would be among crowd of capital raisings in Asia
+ A rival bid could surface, but IPO most likely
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DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended sharply lower in volatile trading yesterday, after sluggish global manufacturing data raised concerns about the pace of economic recovery, punishing oil prices and the TSX's powerhouse energy secto...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Bermuda-based property and casualty insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. said yesterday it bought $156.4 million in senior notes in a cash tender offer.
The company had offered cash in exchange for up to $200 million in senior notes...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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In a filing to the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Jupiter Hyde Park Hedge Fund announced that, effective 27 May, 2010, Reef Hogg had resigned as a director of the fund and Garth Lorimar Turner was appointed in his stead.
Both Messrs Hogg and Turner are...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top shares fell led by a plunge in BP shares after the company's failure to stem an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but they finished off lows thanks to upbeat U.S. construction data. The FTSE 100 closed down 25.13 points or 0.5 p...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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