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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rallied yesterday after better-than-expected quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase and two other Dow Jones industrials raised investors' hopes that companies and the economy are indeed recovering from the protracted global...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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Butterfield Bank's investments in in US residential mortgage-linked securities total $479 million — but the Bank is weathering the sub-prime crisis well, chief executive officer Alan Thompson told shareholders yesterday.
Speaking at the Bank's annual...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British drugmaker Shire's move to become tax-resident in Ireland is unlikely to trigger an exodus by multinationals to other domiciles, but will put pressure on the government to keep Britain business-friendly.
Shire's board this w...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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John Wight has overseen a near tripling of profits at BF&M Ltd. in the space of three years but the chief executive officer is keen to pass on the credit to his staff.
Last week, the company announced record annual net income of $27.3 million for 200...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - British Airways plc. will ask its lawyers to examine a compensation claim against London Heathrow airport operator BAA Ltd. following the chaotic opening of a new terminal there.
"I'd need to have more detailed discussions with t...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's housing market is turning down fast and retail sales are falling, surveys showed yesterday, in another sign that interest rates will need to fall further this year to shore up the economy.
The weak figures add to mounting...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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Yes, all those CDs and DVDs you started collecting after you threw out your records are also on their way to obsolescence, the in-between period before you can no longer find the equipment to play them.
You may think I am being overly early in declar...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Shire Plc, England's third-largest drug-maker, will move its tax home to Ireland and cut the funds the company pays to the UK.
Shire will retain a listing on the London Stock Exchange and its American depositary shares on the Nas...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. have agreed to merge to create the world's biggest carrier, but they must now convince anti-trust regulators and labour unions to move forward.
Shares of both carriers fell sharply yest...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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LOM Securities (Bermuda) Ltd. has lowered its fees for transactions on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).
The minimum trade ticket has been reduced to $60 per transaction from $100.
Parent company the Lines Overseas Management (LOM) Group has launched...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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