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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators yesterday proposed legislation that would impose a one-time tax on bonuses paid to executives of companies bailed out with taxpayer money.
Senators Barbara Boxer and Jim Webb proposed a 50 percent tax on...
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v2.05>e1>By Ruth O'Kelly-LynchFive months into the fiscal year Bermuda's Government has seen a $14.9 million drop in revenues, compared to projections.Yesterday, the Minister of Finance revealed that revenues for the first five months of the fiscal y...
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YTB International Inc. (YTB) has announced the resignation of John Clegg as chief financial officer (CFO) this week.
The board of the online travel services provider, which has representatives based in Bermuda, the US, Canada, the Bahamas, the US Vir...
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Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. has announced the appointment of Martin Zingg as chief investment officer with effect from March 1.
Mr. Zingg will be based in Catlin's office in Zurich, Switzerland.
He will be responsible for investment strategy and ...
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England put a hold on its unprecedented £200 billion asset-buying programme for the first time in 11 months yesterday, but left the door open for more so-called quantitative easing if the economy relapsed.
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PURCHASE, New York (AP) — MasterCard said yesterday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 23 percent as the company raised its fees to offset fading credit card use in the US.
Yet MasterCard's performance paled in comparison with its rival, Visa, which is...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai's government, under pressure to repay billions of dollars in debt, said yesterday it has discovered a new offshore oil field — the first such find by the city-state in decades.
The media office of the sheikdom...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fast-food chain operator Burger King Holdings Inc posted quarterly results that topped analysts' view, helped by its $1 double cheeseburger offer, more restaurants, lower taxes and deflated food costs.
The second-largest hambu...
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TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp expects costs and lost sales from its massive safety recall to total $2 billion by the end of March, keeping it in the red for the year despite its strongest profit in six quarters.
The recall of more th...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote to India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in December on concerns that it may be applying a tax law retrospectively on Vodafone Group Plc's acquisition of Hutchison Essar Ltd. shares, Brown's offi...
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