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Japan's Nikkei share average rose above 15,300 for the first time in five years on Friday as Tok... Nikkei tops 15,300 for firs
Japan's Nikkei share average rose above 15,300 for the first time in five years on Friday as Tokyo Electron Ltd. and other technology firms followed their U.S. counterparts higher, pushing the benchmark up 1.16 percent.
Brokerages such as Nomura Holdings Inc. and other companies likely to benefit from strong stocks also advanced, and clothing retailer Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. surged to a ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A proposed national savings plan could accelerate fund management company merg... Pension plan could acceler
LONDON (Reuters) - A proposed national savings plan could accelerate fund management company mergers and hit firms left outside the system, say industry executives.
A landmark report on the country's pensions regime published this week by the government-appointed Pension Commission recommended a low-cost National Pensions Savings Scheme (NPSS) to ensure all Britons save for retirement. T...
Thursday, December 01 PITTSFIELD - Fifty years ago today, a black seamstress named Rosa Parks re... Remembering Parks' cou
Thursday, December 01 PITTSFIELD - Fifty years ago today, a black seamstress named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala. This small and courageous act was the spark that lit the flame of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s.
When Parks died last month in Detroit at age 92, the City of Pittsfield lowered its flags to half-staff...
oday I'll examine the modern phenomena of cell phone usage by clients while at the vet's office... Cell phones can have place i
oday I'll examine the modern phenomena of cell phone usage by clients while at the vet's office. The three-way title gives credence to the fact that there can be instances of these extremes during the course of a veterinary visit. Indeed, the experiences can range from good to bad to downright ugly. Please indulge me in this cell phone etiquette short-course as I explain the differences.
<...LONDON (Reuters) - Proposals to pay a basic state pension to everyone over the age of 75, regardl... Women win under new pensio
LONDON (Reuters) - Proposals to pay a basic state pension to everyone over the age of 75, regardless of their national insurance contributions, will help millions of women, unions and consumer groups said on Thursday.
The Pensions Commission, chaired by Adair Turner was set up three years ago to look at ways in which the state and private sector pensions system could be overhauled to addr...
LONDON (Reuters) - The Lloyd's of London insurance market said on Wednesday the chances of it ma... Lloyd's market sees lit
LONDON (Reuters) - The Lloyd's of London insurance market said on Wednesday the chances of it making a profit in 2005 were small after it raised its net loss estimate from Hurricane Katrina to 1.9 billion pounds.
Lloyd's (LOL.UL: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest insurance market, said there was a 1 billion pound impact from increasing the Katrina loss estimate from an ori...
LONDON (Reuters) - The Lloyd's of London insurance (LOL.UL: Quote, Profile, Research) market sai... Storms dim hopes of profita
LONDON (Reuters) - The Lloyd's of London insurance (LOL.UL: Quote, Profile, Research) market said on Wednesday the chances of it making a profit in 2005 were small after it faced claims of around 2.9 billion pounds from the costliest U.S. hurricane season.
The world's largest insurance market raised its net loss estimate from Hurricane Katrina, the insurance industry's costliest event ...
Car and home owners who plump for MINT's new policies can enjoy a 15 per cent discount on the fi... MINT launches car and home
Car and home owners who plump for MINT's new policies can enjoy a 15 per cent discount on the first year of their home insurance and a ten per cent discount on motor insurance that is purchased online or alongside MINT's home insurance policy.
MINT hopes customers will be encouraged to take out their new policies, particularly in light of predicted bad weather, which could cause car acc...
Where can I find historical prices of a stock? I want to learn how much it traded for on a partic... Ask the Fool Historical Pr
Where can I find historical prices of a stock? I want to learn how much it traded for on a particular day some years ago.
Sometimes the company itself can tell you. Try giving its investor-relations department a call. Another good resource is your public library, where librarians should be able to help you look up the price in newspaper archives or elsewhere. If you are online, click over...
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Advertise here for just £1 a day - unlimited clicks! 400 new jobs at boom firmBy Jim WalshNov 29, 2005
Homeserve is set to create 400 new jobs in Walsall with a new £10 million office extension.
The booming company, formerly part of South Staffordshire Water, announced the plan for Walsall as it revealed record profits.
But it warned that the whole scheme could be moved...
