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Coral Capital Ltd. is the latest company to join Bermuda's electronic commerce bandwagon that's attempting to take the Island into the new era of doing business over the Internet.
The Royal Gazette has learned that the founders of Coral Capital are P...
DATE: Aug 20, 1999
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Bermuda companies were yesterday put on notice about the expected wave of stricter standards they may have to comply with in how they treat employees -- or face a loss of business.
International Organisation of Employers (IOE) senior advisor Deborah ...
DATE: Aug 19, 1999
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The dangers of attempting to catch the rollercoaster ride of buying Internet companies can be seen in the rise and fall of 2TheMart.com.
A local investment analyst tells me the company's fundamentals are typical of the startups on which people are ma...
DATE: Aug 16, 1999
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Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. yesterday reported operating earnings excluding net realised investment gains and losses of $17.6 million or 33 cents a share for the second quarter ended June 30 compared with $64.8 million or $1.12 a share in the same p...
DATE: Aug 11, 1999
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With the approach of the Year 2000 and the possibility of computer failures worldwide, it pays to play it safe, Bank of Bermuda investment analysts state in the latest World Watch newsletter.
They recommend investors put a larger chunk of their portf...
DATE: Aug 09, 1999
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It's Webb versus Web. Or actually Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb taking on Internet provider Logic Communications.
The battle by Logic Communications, and in the background, sister company Bermuda Telephone Co. Ltd., is to make a profit out o...
DATE: Aug 09, 1999
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Despite two catastrophes hitting its bottom line Bermuda-based LaSalle Re Holdings managed to make an underwriting profit in the third quarter ended June 30.
The company yesterday reported third quarter income to June 30 of $5.5 million including net...
DATE: Aug 06, 1999
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warring factions concerned about the implications of proposed amendments which will make tax evasion overseas a criminal act under Bermuda's money laundering legislation, according to sources.
However moves are currently underway to change the amendm...
DATE: Aug 05, 1999
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The Centre for Democracy and Technology, a civil liberties group, has released a new report claiming that fair privacy practices are the exception rather than the rule on the Internet.
The report, "Behind the Numbers: Privacy Practices on the Web'', ...
DATE: Aug 02, 1999
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While the insurance industry remains an unattractive bet for investors, the head of one of Bermuda's top companies in the sector believes the current wave of consolidations will position survivors for the future.
Brian O'Hara, president and chief exe...
DATE: Jul 26, 1999
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