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A news report out of Ireland claims that many Bermuda international companies are considering plans to relocate the bulk of their businesses — leaving just satellite offices on the Island — because of concerns over work-permit time limits and the pos...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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Bermuda lags behind many rival business jurisdictions in the quality of its telecommunications links and Government’s proposed reforms of the industry will help to rectify the situation.
That is the view of Cable & Wireless chief executive officer Ed...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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Since it was erected 23 years ago Cable & Wireless’ enormous satellite dish, visible from Middle Road in Devonshire, has become something of a Bermuda landmark.
For much of that time the earth station provided the Island with an essential telecommuni...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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Interest is still high among corporations in setting up captive insurers in Bermuda, despite growing competition from rival domiciles in the US.
But competition in the industry is heating up, as more US states pass laws aimed at making themselves dom...
DATE: Apr 03, 2007
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Bermuda’s burgeoning insurance market is at the heart of a global industry that helps to underpin the world economy.
It is one cog in a huge machine that incorporates companies in numerous cities around the world, from brokers and catastrophe modelle...
DATE: Mar 29, 2007
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Bear Stearns has been ordered by a US court to pay nearly $160 million to investors in a collapsed hedge fund that was administered and audited in Bermuda.
The Manhattan Investment Fund folded seven years ago, leaving investors with losses of more th...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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Bermuda-based First Atlantic Commerce Ltd. (FAC), which specialises in e-commerce payment solutions, is to expand into Mauritius to offer its clients greater global reach.
The company has announced the launch of its “Pan Asian solution” which FAC say...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has responded to Ace Ltd. CEO Evan Greenberg’s call for improved regulation of the insurance industry, by saying significant progress has already been made.
In a speech on Monday, Mr. Greenberg said Bermuda had ma...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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The new chief executive officer of Capital G Bank said yesterday he wanted to keep the company's relationship with customers "uncomplicated and fair" and lead the Bank to further growth.
Stephen Freeman, who has 25 years of banking experience, spoke ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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CellularOne lost some subscribers in 2006 but maintained strong profitability in an increasingly competitive wireless telecommunications market, chief operating officer Michael Leverock said yesterday.
The company maintained its position as market le...
DATE: Mar 07, 2007
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