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at 05:06 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
LONDON - Britain's financial regulator has hit Goldman Sachs & Co. with a 17.5 million pounds (US$27 million) fine for failing to notify U.K. authorities about an investigation in the United States.
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at 18:03 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
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at 14:38 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve says more places in the United States are reporting slower growth as a result of the U.S. economy losing momentum in the late summer.
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at 10:37 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
MONTREAL - Publisher and commercial printer Transcontinental (TSX:TCL.A) says it had a third-quarter profit of $30.6 million versus $25.5 million in the same period a year ago. Revenues were $500.3 million, down from $504.4 million.
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at 09:04 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has raised the trend-setting interest rate a quarter point to one per cent.
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at 08:37 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
OTTAWA - Municipalities issued building permits worth $6.4 billion in July, down 3.3 per cent from June but 33 per cent higher than in July 2009.
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at 08:32 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
TORONTO - Stock markets appear set to climb after a successful bond auction in Portugal helped to mitigate investors' fears about the health of European government debt.
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at 07:21 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
NEW ORLEANS - Oil giant BP says in an internal report that multiple companies and work teams contributed to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months.
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at 03:28 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
LONDON - Vodafone says it is disposing of its stake in China Mobile Ltd. for 4.3 billion pounds (US$6.6 billion), which it says is nearly double the price it paid for the shares 10 years ago.
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at 00:29 on September 08, 2010, EDT.
TOKYO - The U.S. dollar has sunk to a new 15-year low against the yen.
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