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Warwick Academy’s From Bears to Bulls team in the KPMG Investment Challenge may be in their pyjamas — but they are not sleeping on the job.
The team was sitting third in the November ratings in the annual schools competition, just behind Dobby’s Trad...
DATE: Dec 15, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda-based property website is to expand into Guernsey.
Propertyskipper.com has already signed up leading estate agents in the Crown Dependency in the Channel Islands for its website — and has plans for further expansion.
Propertyskipper.com dir...
DATE: Dec 15, 2015
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Local Business
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Chinese tycoon whose firm has just taken control of Bermuda-based insurance firm Ironshore in a $1.84 billion deal is assisting authorities with an investigation.
Guo Guangchang, the billionaire chairman of Fosun International and one of China’s ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
An $18 billion merger deal between Willis Group Holdings and Towers Watson has been approved by shareholders in both firms — despite some opposition.
A spokesman for Willis, in a statement on preliminary results from the vote, said: “Shareholders of ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2015
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Reinsurance
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Island’s two biggest coffee distributors have blended.
Convenience Coffee and CoffeeWorks have merged into a single company, which will operate under the Convenience Coffee banner, to become the largest of its kind in Bermuda.
The owners said tha...
DATE: Dec 14, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Pop-up stores are proving a boost for businesses and Hamilton’s Washington Mall.
A total of ten traders have set up shop over the festive season in the Mall.
And city centre storefronts are proving popular with Dockyard-based stores who are in the of...
DATE: Dec 14, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Insurer BF&M has reported earnings of $17.3 million for the nine months to the end of September.
The firm said that the impact of the fair value adjustment in net assets led to a $4.6 million drop in net earnings over the prior year as BF&M reported ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda insurance firm Argus has announced a net profit of $3 million for the six months to the end of September — down more than $7.5 million for the same period last year.
The firm posted a net profit of $10.6 million for the corresponding period i...
DATE: Dec 14, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Veteran dental hygienist Zuri Samuels has opened her own dental practice.
Ms Samuels, a qualified dental hygienist and dental assistant, said the new practice, Fresh Breath Dental, was the fulfillment of a career dream.
She added: “It’s always been a...
DATE: Dec 11, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Cocktail company Twisted Spoon has launched a home delivery service for the festive season.
Now mixologists Stefan Gitschner and Somers Carr will visit clients’ homes and mix fresh cocktails from a special Christmas-themed menu for self-service at pa...
DATE: Dec 11, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor