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XL Group plc last night announced a new $1 billion share buyback programme, as it swung to a $77.5 million profit for the third quarter.
The global business insurer, which moved its domicile from the Cayman Islands to Ireland earlier this year and ha...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – American author Nicole Krauss has no doubt she will keep writing novels even if her latest, the solemn and weighty 'Great House', is not adored around the world as much as her last effort.
But chances are, she may not have ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Major stock indexes rose yesterday as investors awaited the results of Congressional elections, putting the Dow Jones industrial average near its highest point of the year.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 60 points. Th...
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LONDON (AP) - World stocks mostly rose yesterday as investors awaited the outcome of the US midterm elections and the Federal Reserve's decision on how much it will pump into the US economy to shore up the recovery.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of l...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – American novelist Philip Roth dislikes e-books and the distracting influences of modern technology, which he feels diminishes the ability to appreciate the beauty and aesthetic experience of reading books on paper.
The auth...
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The following are editorial opinions from newspapers from around the world which may be of interest to Royal Gazette readers.
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans,–on the 'don't ask, don't tell' ruling
US District Judge Virginia Phillips of California did...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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Dear Annie: How do I deal with being married to someone I simply do not like? After 15 years, I realise that I don't enjoy being around my husband. I look forward to him leaving the house. It is hard for me to do anything for someone I feel nothing f...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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BATTLE CREEK, Michigan (AP) — Kellogg Co.'s third-quarter net income fell six percent as cereal sales softened, competition intensified and the effects of a cereal recall lingered.
The world's largest cereal maker had warned investors it would be a w...
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3: A ship’s manager has been fined $12,000 for illegally importing 100 gaming machines into Bermuda aboard a casino sip.
George Kezas, 75, from St. George’s, was found guilty by a magistrate in July 2007 along with the ship’s capt...
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3: People with small-scale renewable energy systems are now able to sell excess electricity back to Belco, the energy provider announced today.
The policy went into effect on Monday.
It allows property owners and residents with en...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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