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BC-TRADE/FINANCE-INSURANCE (INTERVIEW)
INTERVIEW-Trade finance stabilising, insurance still needed
+ Insurers covered 11 pct of trade in 2009 -- $1.4 trln
+ Long-term business jumped 25 pct as trade contracted
GENEVA, April 21 (Reuters) - Conditions ...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index ended down as lower commodity prices hit miners and oil stocks and concerns over Greece's debt returned to haunt banks, though positive broker comment boosted food retailers. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,723.43 points, ...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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PRAGUE (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., the east European broadcaster that sold a stake to Time Warner Inc., expects regional TV ad prices to begin rising in the second half after reaching "bottom" in the first qua...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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Given the recent downturn in the global economy, Bermuda business owners who are also citizens of the United States may be reporting a net operating loss on their 2009 tax returns. Applying the loss in the current tax year or carrying the loss forwar...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market posted only modest gains yesterday after the glow of strong results at Apple Inc. and a few other companies faded.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose about eight points, while broader indexes were mixed.
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DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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One of Bermuda's most prominent business women is set to receive an honorary degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia next month.
Nancy Gosling, president and CEO of Gosling Brothers Ltd., who graduated from the university with a Bach...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Cigarette maker Altria Group Inc. said yesterday its first-quarter profit rose 38 percent as Marlboro took an even more commanding share of the market and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco also made gains.
The Richmond-based owne...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nabors Industries Ltd , the world's largest land-rig contractor, reported a sharp drop in profit, as Wall Street expected, with a tough quarter internationally offset partially by a recovery in North America.
Nabors said net...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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SEATTLE (AP) — The paparazzi may have moved on to Apple's sexy new iPad, but the iPhone is still Wall Street's darling.
Apple said late on Tuesday it sold a record 8.8 million of its popular smart phones in the three months that ended March 27, more ...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Paulson & Co., the hedge fund that made $15 billion betting on the decline in subprime mortgages in 2007, said its role in helping to design a mortgage-linked deal sold by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was "appropriate and conducted...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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