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UK law firm Linklaters & Paines has won the bid for the job of helping Bermuda draft legislation to foster the growth of electronic commerce on the Island.
The Linklaters & Paines team will be headed by Robyn Durie with assistance from Graeme Maguire...
DATE: Mar 26, 1999
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Shareholders in the Brunswick Co. are in a fight for survival against prominent businessman Frederick W. Yearwood who is claiming the company owes him $1.6 million.
In response to the claim Brunswick's shareholders are alleging Mr. Yearwood attempted...
DATE: Mar 25, 1999
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With the Year 2000 problem about to affect computers in less than ten months, rating agency A.M. Best Co. predicts that all but a few insurance companies will be fully operational in January 2000.
The task of fixing the affected computers has not bee...
DATE: Mar 24, 1999
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31, as the company continues the recovery from the brink of bankruptcy in 1996.
The company reported a profit of $293,605 or 24 cents a share compared with $69,439 in the previous year -- after deduction of extraordinary expenses of $231,182.
The ext...
DATE: Mar 23, 1999
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The telecommunications industry world-wide is undergoing a process of transformation, evident in the mobile telephone sector, where exciting technology is coming to the fore and companies are jockeying for position in a lucrative and growing market.
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DATE: Mar 22, 1999
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Bermuda-based Global Crossing is forecasting that by buying US-based Frontier Corp. for $11.2 billion in stock that growth will be boosted about 30 percent annually before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation.
In a telephone conference call...
DATE: Mar 19, 1999
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In a bid to stave off disputes in the Internet business, Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb yesterday met with industry representatives to sort out looming conflicts over the provision of voice service using the technology.
Voice service using In...
DATE: Mar 19, 1999
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Government has put a deal on the table to the potential developers in a bid to get the long-delayed Morgan's Point resort project underway.
Development, Opportunities and Government Services Minister Terry Lister yesterday expressed confidence that n...
DATE: Mar 18, 1999
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With all the current talk about electronic commerce, and the push to forge legislation fostering the development as another sector of the Bermuda economy, the obvious question must be asked: What is this electronic commerce anyway? I, like others, a...
DATE: Mar 15, 1999
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survival, according to Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) as the agency downgraded the company's Australian and Bermudian subsidiaries.
The rating agency has lowered the claims paying ability of New Cap Reinsurance Corp. Ltd. (Australia) and New C...
DATE: Mar 11, 1999
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