Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Marks & Spencer Group Plc, the U.K.’s largest clothing retailer, reported first-half profit that beat analysts’ estimates and said costs will rise less than forecast as it contends with a “challenging environment.”
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
France will increase taxes on large companies and boost its lower rate of value added tax to 7 percent from 5.5 percent to help meet its deficit target next year, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said today in Paris.
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled additional monetary stimulus may be needed to lower U.S. unemployment as policy makers projected little acceleration in growth after last quarter’s pickup.
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. provider of variable annuities, plans to offer lower returns on new sales of the products as the company copes with declining yields in fixed-income markets.
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
New research presented at a conference in the US on Monday finds that drinking coffee is linked to a lower risk of a common form of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Results of a prospective study that followed over 25,000 cases of skin cancer ...
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