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In consumer electronics circles, they're referred to as ``my guys'' -- personal shoppers for t... Stumped on tech? Just try `my
In consumer electronics circles, they're referred to as ``my guys'' -- personal shoppers for those who must have the latest high-tech gadgets but don't have the time to do research or hang out in showrooms.
And with the holiday season in full swing, these broker's or buyer's agents are logging some serious overtime.
``We see a lot of personal shoppers in the store, especially ...
SAULT STE. MARIE - An Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority (EUPTA) official this... EUPTA reports ferry irregu
SAULT STE. MARIE - An Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority (EUPTA) official this week reported that some evidence of yet another irregularity on the ferry Sugar Islander II surfaced recently.
Apparently unrelated to earlier embezzlement charges against former employee Derek Myerscough, the latest incident involves allegations of a “free trip" scam involving at least ...
He seized the moment and how! Quote: “This new centre of Microsoft shows the confidence the... Gowda goes soft on Microso
He seized the moment and how! Quote: “This new centre of Microsoft shows the confidence the best in the world has in Bangalore and Karnataka.”
The occasion was the inauguration of Microsoft Corporation’s new facility in Bangalore with IT Czar Bill Gates himself in attendance. Speaking was former prime minister H D Deve Gowda whose most recent anti-IT posture was a verbal...
APPOINTMENT: Fred Aguiar is an ex-San Bernardino lawmaker who has served in the Assembly. ... Inland man picked as Cabinet chi
APPOINTMENT: Fred Aguiar is an ex-San Bernardino lawmaker who has served in the Assembly.
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Schwarzenegger appointed former San Bernardino County lawmaker and county supervisor Fred Aguiar as his new Cabinet secretary Friday.
Aguiar, state and consumer services secretary since Schwarzenegger took office two years ago, assumes a post viewed as the second-most influen...
A boardroom leak has revealed that Old Mutual has won its fiercely-fought R37-bn international ba... The 'war' is won..
A boardroom leak has revealed that Old Mutual has won its fiercely-fought R37-bn international battle for Swedish insurance company Skandia AB.
Skandia chief executive Hans-Erik Andersson said at an extra board meeting that the “war is over”, Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri reported this week.
The newspaper told how Skandia has given up its fight to remain independent and...
Swiss Re completes 1 bln sfr private placement of 6.0 pct convertible bonds ZURICH (AFX) - ... Swiss Re completes 1 bln sfr pri
Swiss Re completes 1 bln sfr private placement of 6.0 pct convertible bonds
ZURICH (AFX) - Swiss Re said it has successfully completed a 1 bln sfr private placement of mandatory convertible bonds due 2008, which will carry a coupon of 6.0 pct, the upper-end of the range.
The conversion price is 95.60 sfr, and the bonds will automatically convert into Swiss Re shares in three years.<...
Following four consecutive years of one-year extensions, Cheektowaga Central and its teachers hav... Central, teachers ink pact
Following four consecutive years of one-year extensions, Cheektowaga Central and its teachers have reached a new contract agreement that modifies the group's health plan while providing raises of just under four percent.
The Cheektowaga Central Teachers Association, which includes about 215 teachers and teaching assistants, overwhelmingly agreed to the new contract which runs through the...
Bradford & Bingley Sees `Good Recovery' in U.K. Housing Market Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- ... Bradford & Bingley Sees `Goo
Bradford & Bingley Sees `Good Recovery' in U.K. Housing Market
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Bradford & Bingley Plc, the U.K.'s best- performing bank stock in the past 12 months, said a recovery in Britain's housing market during the second-half will help the lender ``comfortably'' beat profit estimates this year.
Pretax profit at the bank, which provides a quarter of ...
SKANDIA says it is not ready to throw in the towel, despite media reports in Sweden that the majo... Skandia digs in heels to r
SKANDIA says it is not ready to throw in the towel, despite media reports in Sweden that the majority of the insurance company’s shareholders favour Old Mutual’s R38bn bid for the company.
But analysts said yesterday Old Mutual was almost certain to succeed with its offer, which closes a week today, with a growing number of international shareholders likely to back the bid.<...
VNU Debt-Insurance Costs Jump on Leveraged Buyout Speculation Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The a... VNU Debt-Insurance Costs Jump on
VNU Debt-Insurance Costs Jump on Leveraged Buyout Speculation
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The annual cost of insuring the debt of VNU NV, the Dutch owner of the ACNielsen market research firm, surged to the highest in almost three years on speculation the company is the target of a leveraged buyout.
Apax Partners Worldwide LLP and the Blackstone Group International Ltd. are in a group o...
