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Business will go where the environment is the most predictable and friendly, says Ace Ltd. chairman and chief executive officer Evan Greenberg.
To continue the success of its international business sector, Bermuda needs an infrastructure that can com...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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Government plans to update e-commerce laws to ensure that they keep pace with technological advances.
Business Development and Tourism Minister Patrice Minors told MPs in the House of Assembly on Friday that the new laws will seek to provide a better...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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Former HWP employee Tom Nelmes has been named as the new chief operating officer of Bermuda Export Sea Transfer Ltd. (BEST Shipping).
Mr. Nelmes will start in the role on December 1.
BEST Shipping chief executive officer David Sousa said: “It is ind...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. plans to buy back about 15 percent of its own shares after it rejected a second takeover bid from Lloyd’s of London insurance market rival Beazley plc.
The Bermuda-based re/insurer will begin the repurchase if Beazley ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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Jamela Daniels is seeking to make an impact by offering advertisers an unusual vehicle — literally — for getting their message across.
The 31-year-old set up her own business, Impact Media, last June and has already made her presence felt on the Isla...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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Bermuda-based private-equity fund Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. has acquired 50 percent of Time Out, the listings magazine publisher.
The company, whose chairman is former Appleby partner James Keyes, made the announcement yesterday morning.
Time O...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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Three shots were reportedly fired during an armed robbery of a branch of Butterfield Bank in the Cayman Islands yesterday.
The incident took place at the Compass Banking Centre on North Sound Road this morning.
A spokesman at Butterfield's Bermuda he...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services yesterday said it had revised its outlook on XL Group plc to stable from negative.
The Dublin-based global business insurer, which has substantial operations in Bermuda, welcomed S&P's actions yesterday.
The move is...
DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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The Argus Group is doing its best not to be one of those companies with staff who feel under-appreciated. Yesterday, the company announced the winners of a series of performance awards, designed to recognise employees who go beyond the call of duty.
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DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bermuda's AA+ credit rating.
Fitch said Bermuda's sovereign ratings were supported by its strong institutions, an extremely high per capita income, sustained sizeable current account surpluses and a low public debt burden c...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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