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Bermuda is negotiating tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) with 12 countries in an effort to boost transparency as world leaders look to clamp down on secretive tax havens.
The Island already has three TIEAs in force, with the UK, US and Aust...
DATE: Mar 04, 2009
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Staff at the Bermuda offices of American International Group were yesterday told their work would remain unaffected by the turmoil surrounding the New York-based parent company.
George Cubbon, president and chief executive officer of AIG's Bermuda op...
DATE: Mar 04, 2009
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US Senator Carl Levin's beefed-up bill to clamp down on tax havens could have a significant impact on global trade and tax agreements, Finance Minister Paula Cox said last night.
Sen. Levin's bill, co-sponsored by fellow Democrats Sheldon Whitehouse ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2009
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Bermuda insurance companies IPC Holdings Ltd. and Max Capital Group Ltd. are to combine to create Bermuda's sixth largest global underwriter.
The new, Bermuda-based holding company will be called Max Capital Group and its president and chief executiv...
DATE: Mar 03, 2009
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Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. intends to start writing business from a unit based on the Island by May this year.
Chief executive officer Barbara Merry told The Royal Gazette that the new Hardy Bermuda Ltd. operation would employ five or six people...
DATE: Mar 02, 2009
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. is about to appoint a chief operating officer — a new role designed to strengthen senior management in running a company that has grown in size and complexity in recent years.
Chief executive officer Gerald Simons said Argus...
DATE: Mar 02, 2009
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Souvenir store The Bee's Knees Ltd. is to close next week with the loss of two jobs.
The owner, who asked not to be named, said the lack of cruise ships in Hamilton meant the business was no longer sustainable.
"Although we will have a ship coming to...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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Many people who have taken their jewellery into Solomon's Fine Jewellers for repairs over the past 33 years have apparently never bothered to pick it up - and the store is asking clients to collect those items by today.
The Front Street store is set ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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Bermuda borrowers have not reaped the benefits of falling interest rates in the US to the same extent that they have done in the past, according to the Ministry of Finance.
In its National Economic Report of Bermuda 2008, the Ministry illustrates how...
DATE: Feb 26, 2009
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Bermuda-based Maiden Holdings, Ltd. last night said net income almost doubled to $20 million in the fourth quarter compared to the same period the previous year.
The reinsurer, which has been listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange since May last year, r...
DATE: Feb 26, 2009
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