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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed 0.57 percent higher, as gains in commodities outpaced falls in banks, which remained mired in uncertainty over euro zone's plans to deal with Greece's debt problems. The FTSE 100 ended up 29.49 points at 5,16...
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders struck a deal to provide financial aid to Greece on Thursday, in an unprecedented move to stave off a broader crisis in the 16-nation bloc that shares the euro single currency.
The details of the package were not...
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LONDON (AP) — Telecommunications company BT Group PLC yesterday said profits tripled in the third quarter, but its shares slumped after regulators questioned its plans to close a massive hole in its pension fund.
BT shares were down 6.6 percent at 12...
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LONDON (AP) — Diageo PLC, the world's biggest spirits maker, on yesterday reported a 10 percent fall in first-half profit as the global recession and keen competition for some brands cut into sales.
For the six months ending December 31, the maker of...
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LONDON (AP) — UK housing repossessions declined by 13 percent in the fourth quarter although the full-year total still reached a 14-year high, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said yesterday.
The council predicted that 2010 would be another difficult ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) — Google Inc.'s effort to offer Internet access at speeds 100 times faster than those available today raises the bar for US cable and phone companies as the government readies a national broadband plan.
"They've just defined...
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WRAPUP 1-Canada insurer results improve, miss expectations
+ Sun Life Q4 EPS C$0.52 vs C$0.23 yr-earlier
+ Manulife Q4 EPS C$0.51 vs yr-earlier share loss C$1.24
TORONTO(Reuters) - Two of Canada's biggest life insurers...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Relief about Europe's pledge to support Greece sent the stock market charging higher yesterday.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 106 points as confidence grew that aid to Greece would extinguish one of the several threats that ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is at no disadvantage when it comes to paying employees, the bank's chief financial officer said on Thursday.
The bank was able to pay employees competitively in 2009 and is subject to the same compensation oversigh...
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Payroll tax concession and customs duty deferment were among the key topics up for debate at a seminar hosted by the Economic Empowerment Zones Agency (EEZA) this week.
Representatives from the EEZA, the Office of the Tax Commissioner, and the Custom...
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