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Bidders will have until September 6 to submit their tenders to install a new submarine telecommunications cable linking Bermuda and the US.
In April, Government invited companies to submit expressions of interest and the tender document is available ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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Bermuda's current account chalked up a surplus of $186 million in the first quarter of this year — an increase of $28m on the same period last year.
The figure represents the difference between the money flowing into the Island from overseas and that...
DATE: Jul 12, 2007
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As one of Bermuda's few exporters to Europe, Gosling's has seen its rum become less expensive for consumers to buy on the other side of the Atlantic, thanks to the plummeting dollar.
However, according to the company's managing director Charles Gosli...
DATE: Jul 12, 2007
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Economist and Opposition Senator E.T. (Bob) Richards says the highest inflation figure in 16 years may just be a "blip" — but that inflation in the construction and property sectors are the real causes for economic concern.
Government announced this ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2007
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A report on the reinsurance industry's July 1 contract renewals by global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings shows that rates are generally in steep decline.
A combination of factors, including an abundance of capital after a benign 2006 and incr...
DATE: Jul 05, 2007
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Butterfield Bank is offering investors access to a top private equity fund by committing a fraction of the multi-million-dollar investment that would be necessary to invest directly.
Curtis Dickinson, whose promotion to the position of senior vice-pr...
DATE: Jul 04, 2007
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Chamber of Commerce president Philip Barnett has suggested it's time for tax cuts after Government saw its payroll tax receipts soar to $78 million in the first quarter of this year — up almost 21 percent on the same period last year.
The figure is r...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Bermuda Aviation Services Ltd. yesterday announced a 19 percent rise in full-year net income, which rose to a company record $3.4 million.
BAS chairman Michael Darling described the year as "extremely successful" and he added that the securing of a m...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Bermuda Press Holdings Ltd. on Friday reported net income of almost $1.2 million for the six-month period ended March 31.
The figure represented a increase of 6.7 percent compared to the same period last year, when The Royal Gazette's parent company ...
DATE: Jul 02, 2007
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Belco has announced significant year-on-year increases in its sale of electricity and gas during the second quarter.
The company's quarterly report said total kilowatt sales of electricity through May were 3.53 percent ahead of the same period in 200...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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