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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Lazard Ltd., the biggest non-bank merger adviser, gave chief executive officer Kenneth Jacobs $7.5 million in total compensation for 2009 as he took the helm after Bruce Wasserstein died in October.
Jacobs, 51, go...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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WRAPUP 2-European insurers wary on 2010 outlook
+ Allianz ups dividend 17 percent, Trygvesta buys back shares
+ Aegon, RSA, Trygvesta beat 2009 profit forecasts
+ Allianz, Aegon, Trygvesta shares outperform index (Updates to include Trygvesta results...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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The title of the 2010/2011 Budget Statement — "The Road to Recovery" — is more an expression of hope by Finance Minister Cox than one of promise.
One might expect that the text to follow such a title might be instructive, a road map of sorts, as to h...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The US dollar fell against the euro on Friday as investors pared extreme short positions in the euro on the last business day of the month after its recent declines.
The euro hit a session high after a Bloomberg report that Germa...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world's largest operator of supertankers, posted a 92 percent slump in fourth-quarter profit and predicted improving earnings, with freight rates bolstered by the global economic recovery.
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DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Payrolls could give the US stock market some direction this week as investors comb through the key report on one of the economy's weakest areas.
When trading resumes today, Wall Street will watch copper prices and mining stocks s...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Global investors ravaged by rising sovereign risk will find welcome respite in Canada's March 4 federal budget, with controlled leaks and relatively healthy finances making it a refreshingly low-key event for markets.
In stark con...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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The local stock market remained at near-decade lows after a second negative week.
The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Index fell 18.92 points, or one percent, over the five days of trading, to close on 1,900.09.
Butterfield Bank tumbled ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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BERN (Bloomberg) — A Swiss court ordered tax officials to drop two more cases involving UBS AG account holders, adding urgency to the government's effort to find a political solution that will preserve a data-sharing agreement with the US.
The Federa...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) — AIG said yesterday it lost $8.87 billion in the fourth quarter as its general insurance business remained weak and the company ran up expenses from paying back government loans.
The troubled insurer also said in an an...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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