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LONDON (Bloomberg) — British Airways chief executive officer Willie Walsh must decide whether to stand his ground against cabin crew workers and ride out a strike that may cost the equivalent of 75 percent of projected annual profit.
The Unite union,...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd., the only active insurer of newly issued bonds, fell the most in almost 11 months after reporting first-quarter operating earnings that were lower than analysts forecast, and rival MBIA Inc.,...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group approved a plan to award executives $380 million, based on their performance, as part of an overhaul of pay practices following the insurer's taxpayer-funded bailout.
The payouts are earmarked for a...
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UPDATE 2-AIG, Pru in talks to restructure AIA deal-sources
+ Talks around restructuring rather than price change
+ May cut cash by $2 bln; AIG may get Pru securities
+ Pru investor says understands Pru looking to cut price
+ AIG chief confident deal ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market mostly held on to its big comeback after investors set aside worries about Europe's debt struggles.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 37 points after fluctuating for much of the day. Broader indexes were mix...
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NEW YORK (AP) - In the race for supremacy in 3-D television, DirecTV Inc. wants to be king.
DirecTV's exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket package of out-of-market football games has been a hit. Now the company has eyes on creating what it hopes to be its nex...
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The United States could be facing the second leg of double-dip in house prices, a prominent economist said at an investment conference in Hamilton yesterday.
Burton Malkiel, professor of economics at Princeton University and author of the book "A Ran...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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Greece may have to restructure or default on its debt in future years — despite its $150 billion bailout deal and the $1 trillion Eurozone rescue package put together last weekend.
That was the message from sovereign debt expert Jonathan Lemco at an ...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) thinks he has come up with a way to salvage his ambitious national broadband plans without running into legal obstacles that have threatened to derail him.
FCC Chairman Julius ...
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Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore has raised $250 million on the debt market to fuel its continuing growth.
The private offering of 8.50 percent senior notes, due 2020, follows a successful $300 million equity capital raise last year.
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DATE: May 12, 2010
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