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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks ended mixed after a new round of mergers and acquisitions raised some hope for the economy.
Financial shares rose after insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG) reached a deal to sell one of its major foreign divisions t...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's old-style £20 bank notes featuring composer Edward Elgar will cease to be legal tender on June 30, the Bank of England said yesterday.
Since 2007, £20 bank notes depicting economist Adam Smith have gradually replaced the ...
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LISBON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Portugal became the latest euro zone country to announce austerity measures to rein in a ballooning budget deficit yesterday as debt-stricken Greece urged global action to curb speculation in credit default swaps.
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Role: Excess casualty insurance broker, Bowring Marsh (Bermuda) Ltd.
What is your job? As a global organisation, the main focus of Marsh is to help our clients assess and manage their risk exposures. At Bowring Marsh here in Bermuda, our focu...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Greece relieved at EU backing, but strikes grow
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek officials expressed relief Monday at European support over the country's debt crisis, but labor unions stepped up strikes, angry at recen...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock market index slipped yesterday, after touching its highest point in eight weeks, as weaker bullion prices weighed on gold producers.
Barrick Gold dropped 1.7 percent to C$40.84 and Kinross Gold fell 1.7 percent...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The global recession has caused more men than women lose their jobs around the world, following a pattern already well established in the United States, according to research released on Friday.
Men held more of the jobs lost in ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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'I drive everyone crazy, but I don't care." That's how a lively friend of mine named Emily describes her co-worker's response to her pet mission: to kill as many germs as possible in her workplace.
Emily restores artwork for a busy art gallery, and h...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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BC-CHINA-ECONOMY/YUAN (WRAPUP 1)
WRAPUP 1-China cautions against expecting fast yuan rise
+ Rise in yuan to be gradual and controlled, minister says
+ Yuan edges up in offshore NDF markets
+ Top state banker says China stands behind the dollar
BEIJIN...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc , will testify tomorrow over a sham transaction involving the insurer and a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a judge ruled.
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