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BEIJING (AP) — China lashed back yesterday at President Barack Obama's vow to get tougher in currency disputes, saying criticism is unhelpful and insisting exchange controls are not to blame for its trade surplus.
Obama's comments yesterday could add...
DATE: Feb 05, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Insurers reported 14 percent more cases of suspected fraud in 2009 than a year earlier as drivers intentionally crashed cars and roofing companies damaged buildings to generate claims, an industry group said.
Insurers referred ...
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Butterfield Bank fell 10 cents (2.94 percent) to $3.30 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 17,420 shares during the day.
Argus Group Holdings Ltd., meanwhile, rose five cents (0.55 percent) to $9, with 1,000 shares changing...
DATE: Feb 05, 2010
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NEW YORK / ORLANDO (Reuters) - New York's attorney general charged Bank of America Corp, former chief executive Kenneth Lewis and former chief financial officer Joe Price with fraud for allegedly misleading shareholders about the bank's acquisition o...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks buckled yesterday under the growing belief that the global economy is weaker than many investors expected and likely to stop companies from hiring. The Dow Jones industrials traded below 10,000 for the first time in three month...
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Zurich Financial Q4 profit increases fivefold
ZURICH (AP) -- Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services Group on Thursday reported a fivefold increase in fourth-quarter net profit thanks to higher p...
DATE: Feb 05, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — House prices in the United Kingdom rose by 0.6 percent in January, a seventh straight monthly gain, but are unlikely to increase much more this year, Britain's largest mortgage lender said yesterday.
Average prices in January were 9.9 p...
DATE: Feb 05, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Kraft Foods Inc., the world's second- largest food company, plans to issue $9.5 billion of debt in the biggest bond offering in almost a year to finance the cash portion of its takeover of Cadbury Plc, according to a person fam...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — MetLife Inc., the biggest US life insurer, may have its credit ratings cut by Standard & Poor's if the company buys a non-US unit from American International Group Inc.
"The potential acquisition could have a material adverse i...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock market index ended slightly lower yesterday as investors grew cautious after two straight sessions of gains and a stronger greenback pressured commodity prices, weighing on miners.
First Quantum Minerals toppe...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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