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Bermuda has now concluded successful negotiations on tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) with all G7 countries, after reaching an agreement with Italy.
Finance Minister Paula Cox said yesterday she expects the TIEA to be signed before the end...
DATE: May 18, 2010
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It's not only multinational corporations who channel their funds through Bermuda with the goal of trimming their tax bills.
At least two English football clubs are owned through entities based on the Island, according to a report in The Times.
Mohame...
DATE: May 18, 2010
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Butterfield Bank's $130 million rights offering was oversubscribed, the company announced yesterday.
The success of the biggest common share offering in Bermuda's history increases the proportion of the bank that is locally owned.
And it indicates th...
DATE: May 14, 2010
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Building materials sales fell by more than a quarter in March, driving retail sales to another negative month.
But in most other retail sectors there were signs that the trend of falling sales of the past two years may be bottoming out.
Figures rele...
DATE: May 14, 2010
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Shares of Bermuda-based business insurer XL Capital Ltd. surged nearly nine percent yesterday after the company announced it would retain its place in the S&P 500 Index after its redomestication to Ireland.
XL shareholders have approved the company's...
DATE: May 13, 2010
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Former Lines Overseas Management (LOM) president Brian Lines suggested to attorneys that they destroy a letter that referred to a deal involving the Bermuda-based broker and investment company because it would not look good to regulators.
The evidenc...
DATE: May 13, 2010
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Financial journalist David Marchant has drawn criticism from LOM for what the company claims is his unbalanced coverage of the SEC case.
The former Royal Gazette business journalist's stories on the case have appeared on his OffshoreAlert website, wh...
DATE: May 13, 2010
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The United States could be facing the second leg of double-dip in house prices, a prominent economist said at an investment conference in Hamilton yesterday.
Burton Malkiel, professor of economics at Princeton University and author of the book "A Ran...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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Greece may have to restructure or default on its debt in future years — despite its $150 billion bailout deal and the $1 trillion Eurozone rescue package put together last weekend.
That was the message from sovereign debt expert Jonathan Lemco at an ...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore has raised $250 million on the debt market to fuel its continuing growth.
The private offering of 8.50 percent senior notes, due 2020, follows a successful $300 million equity capital raise last year.
"We saw a window ...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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