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CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Holiday season sales improved this year after an abysmal 2008, but early data appears unlikely to spell out a rebound in US consumer spending.
Holiday shopping and its impact on the economy have been particularly tough to...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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Kentucky Fried Chicken Bermuda Ltd. dropped 45 cents (6.97 percent) on the last day of trading this year.
The fast food franchise closed at $6, with 1,800 shares traded.
The only other traders were Butterfield Bank (13,300 common shares and 10 prefer...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks ended the next-to-last day of 2009 little changed as welcome news on manufacturing helped offset a drop in commodities prices.
The market drew support yesterday from a key economic indicator that signaled growth in the Midwest ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — A record £82.5 billion was raised through new and further issues of equity on the London Stock Exchange over 2009, a 16 percent increase on 2008, the bourse said yesterday.
The LSE said there were a total of 69 new issues on the exchang...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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A former Government statistician has predicted 2009's inflation rate will be the lowest for three decades.
Cordell Riley, who is now managing director of Profiles Bermuda, said he believed inflation this year would be 1.8 percent - down from 4.8 perc...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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Bermuda-based Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., owners or part-owners and managers of 49 luxury hotel, restaurant, tourist train and river cruise properties operating in 25 countries, has announced the acquisition of a fifth property in Peru - a hotel in t...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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Goldman Sachs Buys $57 Million in Claims on Lehman (Update1)
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Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- A unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bought about $57 million in claims on bankrupt Lehman Brothers Hold...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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Bermuda's retailers face a tougher year in 2010 than 2009, but there are a number of steps which can be taken to relieve the pressure on the sector as a whole.
That is the view of George Grundmuller, president and CEO of the Phoenix Stores Ltd., who ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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ROME (Bloomberg) — Italians have declared 95 billion euros ($137.1 billion) under a tax-evasion amnesty for funds held abroad, the Finance Ministry said yesterday.
About 98 percent of the funds were brought back to Italy, the ministry said in an e-ma...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market edged lower yesterday, breaking a six-day advance as reports on home prices and consumer confidence did little to excite buyers.
Major indexes rose modestly in the early going but slipped as the dollar strengthened an...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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