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LONDON (AP) — British oil and gas explorer Rockhopper Exploration PLC says it may have discovered viable oil off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
Shares in Rockhopper soared after its announcement yesterday that initial data from its Sea Lion platf...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed lower yesterday, but cut a near-four percent intraday tumble, sparked by a drop in crude futures and worries the Greek debt crisis may widen to other euro zone countries.
The TSX energy sector tum...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. saw its profits rise by more than $2 million during the first quarter of 2010 despite continued competition on pricing and significant global catastrophic loss activity, including the Chile earthquake.
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DATE: May 07, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Americans gave retailers a respectable spring selling season, resulting in a slew of stores raising their earnings outlooks and providing an encouraging sign that the consumer rebound is continuing.
As merchants released April revenue...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Sara Lee posts 3Q loss but raises outlook
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Sara Lee Corp. reported Thursday that it lost money in its fiscal third quarter, pulled down by significant charges and ...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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MADRID (AP) — Spain's borrowing costs rose significantly yesterday in its first debt auction since its credit rating was downgraded last week by Standard & Poor's amid concerns it might be hit by a Greek-style debt crisis.
The Spanish Treasury said i...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Bermuda reinsurer PartnerRe yesterday announced net income of nearly $80 million in a first quarter that produced more than $330 million in catastrophe losses.
February's earthquake in Chile and European windstorm Xynthia were the two most expensive ...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Jonathan Kent
Banking at HSBC Bermuda is about to get a whole new 21st-century look.
The Harbourview Centre, on the site of the former Trimingham's department store, will open to customers next Monday and give them a facility that looks nothing like any bank ever ...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Net income: $133.7 million compared to $131.4 million in 2009
Combined ratio: 99.5 percent compared to 75 percent in 2009
Gross premiums written: $504.2 million compared to $479.6 million in 2009
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Report: Revenue, jobs decline again at US casinos
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Revenue and employment sank at the nation's commercial casinos for the second straight year in 2009 as consumers kept tight...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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