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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed mostly higher, though technology stocks struggled to hold onto gains during the session, as a $27 billion bid by Alcoa Inc. for Canadian aluminium rival Alcan buoyed blue chip issues. The Dow Jones industrials passe...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) — Alain Belda, expected to retire next year after nearly a decade as chief executive of Alcoa Inc. , is hoping to go out on top after offering $27 billion to buy Canadian rival Alcan Inc.The $73.25-a-share offer announced yesterday ...
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index slipped 0.81 percent, ahead of key US and UK interest rate decisions and after raking in hefty gains last week, as commodity shares and banks weighed on the market. The FTSE 100 closed down 53.3 points at 6,550....
DATE: May 08, 2007
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Inflation has risen for a second consecutive month and now stands at 3.5 percent, its highest level since last July.
Increased airfares and higher gas pump prices were the main drivers of the inflation rise, however there was an increase in prices ac...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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What would Mr. Wade do?
April 24, 2007
Dear Sir,
I have sat pondering about whether it was right to rename the Bermuda International Airport the LF Wade International Airport and came across a writing of Ira Philip in the Mid-Ocean News in which he p...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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TORONTO (AP) — Alcoa Inc. is making a hostile bid for Canadian aluminium rival Alcan Inc. worth nearly $27 billion after failing in almost two years of private talks to reach a negotiated deal.Alcan's US shares rose 34 percent, well above the offered...
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) — Florida lawmakers have passed bills extending a rate freeze and making it easier to join the state-run insurance pool that now covers more than 1.3 million policyholders across the hurricane-racked state.In the waning...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — A man’s risk of developing high blood pressure rises along with his weight, even when it’s within normal range, according to a new study.In a study of more than 13,000 male doctors, researchers found that the higher a man’...
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Bermuda reinsurer ESG Re is suing accountancy firm Deloitte & Touche for $22 million in a case that opens in Dublin's High Court today.
ESG is claiming that it suffered a significant loss of business because three Deloitte companies were negligent an...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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Imagine sitting on a boat 10 miles offshore when your office phone starts to ring. Unless you are telepathic and also have 10-mile long arms you are going to miss the call, right? Wrong.
Or at least not necessarily, because if you have a new piece of...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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