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Make no mistake. Bonds are debt. The principal has to be paid back with interest. Bonds may be publicly traded, bought and sold on a stock exchange, or realised through a private placement deal but they are still debt. Who or what backs up that debt?...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Q. Nike Inc. always seems to be encountering controversy. What's your opinion of my shares of it?—P.B., via the Internet
A. There's a lot more to the world's largest athletic shoe and clothing maker than controversy over golfer Tiger Woods or his com...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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BF&M Ltd. surged 18.6 percent in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading yesterday in heavy trading.
The insurer and investment company on Tuesday announced first-quarter profits of $5.9 million, driven by strong investment performance.
The company soared $2....
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Maybe it isn't always better to be rich. Wealthy people these days seem to worry more about the future than those who may be out of work.
Consider the folks in Monaco, nestled snugly in their mansions on the Riviera. More than half of Monacans who ha...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Goldilocks inhaled the sea breeze as the Queen Mary 2 sailed out of Hamburg harbour and headed for New York. She'd departed her Frankfurt home the day before, leaving a perfumed note on the pillow for European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trich...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Deflation and a lost decade can be avoided it seems; all we need are perfect central bankers, sensible politicians, a biddable electorate and cooperative investors.
Nothing to worry about there, then.
In a speech on Monday, Bank of England Monetary P...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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A controversial tax proposal targeting non-US reinsurers has a “reasonably good” chance of being pushed through Congress this year, according to one of the move’s key supporters.
William Berkley, chairman of US insurer WR Berkley Corp. and spokesman ...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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LONDON (AP) – British sugar refiner Tate & Lyle plc said yestersay that it won't restart construction of an ethanol plant in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in the foreseeable future.
Tate & Lyle, which also produces bulk ingredients, said it had written off a los...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) – A tenth employee of iPhone-maker Foxconn jumped to his death late on Wednesday, just hours after the company's chairman promised to make life better for employees at the sprawling production site in southern China.
The co...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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UPDATE 1-Elan says market will not sink EDT spin-off again
Says under less financial pressure this time around
Global financial crisis scuppered 2008 attempted sale
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DUBLIN, May 27 (Reuters) - Irish drugmaker Elan...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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