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The Total Group (TTG) has acquired a controlling interest in Bermuda Export Sea Transfer Ltd., which trades as BEST Shipping.
BEST president and chief executive officer David Sousa said both companies would benefit from the deal through the combinati...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010
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Business leaders and school principals met yesterday to discuss ways of turning around the Island's education system.
And the forum — a joint initiative between the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) and the Ministry of Education —...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Bermuda's annual rate of inflation remained below one percent for a third consecutive month in November.
Consumers paid 0.6 percent more in November for the basket of goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index, according to Government fi...
DATE: Jan 19, 2010
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Rating agency Moody's Investors Service yesterday lifted its negative outlook on XL Capital Ltd. and affirmed its debt ratings on the Bermuda business insurer.
Moody's said XL's credit profile had improved and its business franchise had stabilised.
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DATE: Dec 24, 2009
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Bermuda-based business insurer XL Capital Ltd. has been the year's best performer on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in terms of percentage rise.
Up until yesterday's close of trading, XL had risen an astounding 406 percent in this year's trading on ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2009
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The biggest investor in Bermuda-based Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd. wants to force multiple changes to the insurer's board, including the introduction of Bermuda industry veterans Jim Bryce and Robin Spencer-Arscott.
Invesco, which owns a 29 percent ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2009
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Bermuda Monetary Authority CEO Matthew Elderfield will be taking a hefty pay cut to take on his new role as head of financial supervision at the Central Bank of Ireland.
The bank's governor Dr. Patrick Honohan, who will become Mr. Elderfield's new bo...
DATE: Dec 23, 2009
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Google has a Bermuda presence that is part of a corporate structure that is enabling the Internet search engine giant to legally avoid hundreds of millions of pounds in UK taxes.
Two major names in the UK media - newspaper The Guardian and TV channel...
DATE: Dec 22, 2009
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Bermuda has concluded negotiations with Portugal over a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA), the Finance Ministry announced last night.
The agreement will provide for a full exchange of information on criminal and civil tax matters between the ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2009
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Hundreds of British Airways customers in Bermuda are each to receive thousands of bonus air miles after their holiday plans were last week thrown into uncertainty by the prospect of a strike by cabin crew.
The company said yesterday the move was to s...
DATE: Dec 21, 2009
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