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Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bermuda's credit rating at AA+, just one notch below the top AAA grade.
The ratings agency's decision is important as it means Government will avoid any increase in borrowing costs that would have come with a downgrade.
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DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Lamone Woods said he was "on Cloud 10" after a whirlwind two days of meetings in London that may create some lasting benefits for his business and for television broadcasting in Bermuda.
The co-owner of Bermuda Sports Network (BSN), the website and c...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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It was 25 years ago that 34 blue chip companies clubbed together to form a new insurance company, with its operating headquarters in Bermuda, to meet a demand for excess liability insurance in the United States.
That company was Ace Ltd. and in the q...
DATE: Nov 17, 2010
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Retailers continued to feel pain from the Island's shrinking appetite for spending in September.
The Retail Sales Index, published yesterday by the Department of Statistics, showed that retail spending on the Island fell 5.9 percent to $82.7 million....
DATE: Nov 17, 2010
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Bermuda Commercial Bank has bounced back to an annual profit and will pay its first dividend in two years.
BCB posted net profit of $1.18 million for the year ended September 30, rebounding from a loss of $0.38 million last year. The BCB board has ap...
DATE: Nov 16, 2010
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Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Minister Walter Roban will participate in the Trinidad and Tobago ICT Business and Innovation Symposium 2010 this week.
The theme of this year's conference is 'ICT Innovation: Staying Ahead' and it w...
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15: Bermuda Commercial Bank has bounced back to an annual profit and will pay its first dividend in two years.
BCB posted net profit of $1.18 million for the year ended September 30, rebounding from a loss of $0.38 million last year....
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. expects its book of re/insurance business to increase by nearly a quarter this year.
The Bermuda-based company said in its interim management statement, released on Friday, that it expects to 2010 gross premiums writte...
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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Ironshore will cap a year of strong growth by moving into a new Front Street headquarters next month.
The insurer expects to write around $1.1 billion in premium this year — an increase of more than 40 percent from 2009. This after last year, when pr...
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. has capitalised on its low stock market valuation to buy back $200 million of its own shares.
Meanwhile, Bermuda competitor Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. announced it is selling $300 millio...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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