Stock in tour operator Transat AT shot up almost 10 per cent Thursday after it reported a quadrupling of its third-quarter profits as it flew more customers.
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On Thursday, Apple C.E.O. Steven P. Jobs acknowledged that the company had abused its core customers’ trust and extended a $100 store credit to the early iPhone buyers.
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After a series of recalls that have undermined public confidence, the nation’s largest toy makers are asking the government to impose mandatory testing standards.
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When the housing market was booming, many rushed in to the residential real estate business. Now a growing number of agents are looking for other employment.
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A proposal to double the tax rate of executives at private equity firms would have negligible impact on the returns received by pensioners, specialists told Congress Thursday.
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James E. Press has been lured away from Toyota to serve as Chrysler’s co-president as the company continues its transformation.
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Jim Cramer talks about his personal brand, his young audience's billionaire complex and I-5 truck stops.
Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC's popular "Mad Money" program, brings the show to USC today in one of his periodic visits to college campuses.
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He offers a $100 store credit to mollify early iPhone buyers riled over a $200 price cut.
Steve Jobs bowed to the cult of the Apple faithful.
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P.T. Barnum is most often credited with spotting the correlation between birthrates and suckerdom. If not Barnum, it might just as well have been Apple Inc.'s buzzmeister in chief, Steve Jobs.
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Jim Press signs on as sales chief as the U.S. carmaker restructures.
During his years at Toyota, Jim Press was known for his swimming prowess -- a skill that could come in handy as he navigates the choppy waters in his new job at Chrysler.
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Investors see reason for optimism on comments by Fed policymakers.
The stock market shook off early uncertainty to close moderately higher Thursday as a series of mixed economic reports managed to make investors more optimistic about the chances for an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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Early adopters of the device who are upset over quick price cut get $100 compensation
Bill Schober refused to wait in a long line to be the first guy in his neighborhood to buy the trendy iPhone. Instead, he waited until the middle of August for the new toy, "to make sure there wouldn't be any problems or recalls."
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Delphi Corp. announced Thursday it has signed comprehensive settlement and restructuring agreements with former parent General Motors Corp. -- a major milestone in its nearly two-year quest to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
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The number of homeowners receiving foreclosure notices hit a record high in the spring, driven up by problems with subprime mortgages.
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Stocks on Thursday posted modest advances, as investors cheered upbeat back-to-school sales reports by Wal-Mart Stores and, Macys and a report on business conditions in the service sector indicated that a moderate expansion was still under way.
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CNA Financial Corp. said late Thursday that it has agreed to make a $250 million payment to John Hancock Life Insurance Co. to settle a dispute over reinsurance obligations.
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Australia's largest private hospitals group Ramsay Healthcare paid £193m for Capio UK, owner of 22 hospitals including the celebrity rehab favourite Nightingale Clinic.
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It was what the Bank of England said rather than what it did that excited interest in the City yesterday. The Monetary Policy Committee's decision to leave rates unchanged at 5.75 per cent was widely expected. The European Central Bank also left its benchmark borrowing rate at 4 per cent, as widely thought. What was surprising was that the Bank of England issued an accompanying statement, signalling that its awareness of market conditions. It is only the third time in the decade-long history of the MPC it has done so when it left rates on hold (the last occasion being May 1999).
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Michael Grade, chairman of ITV, has cleared another major hurdle in implementing his recovery strategy for the broadcaster after UK regulators agreed to conduct a review of the regime that limits how much the company can charge advertisers on its flagship ITV1 channel, a mechanism that the media industry veteran has described as "a straitjacket".
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Central banks in the US and Europe pumped money into the financial system yesterday to try to unglue the money markets as the price of inter-bank lending continued to rise, causing fears about the wider economy.
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Lazard has poached the veteran UBS banker Ken Costa to be chairman of Lazard International, giving him the responsibility of leading the company's UK investment banking business alongside William Rucker.
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The mortgage mess has bitten borrowers and lenders alike. And some fixed income-rates, such as government bonds, have actually dropped as skittish investors have sought cover. So what's the good news?
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Wall Street plunged while bonds surged higher Friday after the government reported payrolls in August fell for the first time in four years rather than rising as had been expected.
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RIIA wants developers of retirement income calculators, tools and illustrations to adhere to a set of standards.
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The new Gatorade will have fewer calories than the original. Consumers can expect the new drinks to appear in stores later this year.
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Jeffrey Skilling, who was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison, wants a U.S. Court of Appeals to throw out his convictions. His 237-page appeal claims numerous errors by prosecutors.
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North American stock markets staged triple-digit sell-offs Friday following the release of an unexpectedly weak U.S. employment report.
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Five hundred workers at an ArvinMeritor auto parts plant in Toronto learned Friday that they'll soon be out of a job and their work will be transferred to Mexico.
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Canada churned out a better-than-expected 23,300 new jobs in August amid strong employment growth in education and construction, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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Jeffrey Skilling, the former CEO of Enron who was sentenced to 24 years behind bars for his part in the company's failure, sought a new trial on Friday.
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Newfoundland and Labrador has given its blessing to Husky Oil's bid to expand the White Rose offshore oil field.
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A Labor Department report showed that the economy lost 4,000 jobs in August, the first drop in four years, suggesting that turmoil in the financial markets could be spreading.
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The Federal Reserve could feel more political pressure to cut interest rates than it has since the early 1990s.
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Investors sought safety in government debt and gold as the latest job report raised fears that corporate profits will weaken.
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With Canada saturated, the doughnut chain Tim Hortons is looking to the U.S. for growth, despite past difficulties faced by other Canadian retailers.
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