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A top bank economist has predicted the US Federal Reserve will jack up interest rates next June.
HSBC’s Ryan Wang said the likely move signalled recovery in the American economy — and a divergence of policy from Europe and Japan.
New York-based Mr Wa...
DATE: Oct 13, 2014
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The man at the centre of the biggest fraud probe in US corporate history yesterday spoke at a meeting of compliance specialists in Bermuda.
Andrew Fastow, the former chief financial officer at energy firm Enron, which collapsed in 2001, told Bermuda’...
DATE: Oct 10, 2014
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Staff at a Bermuda reinsurance firm have signed up to help youngsters with reading problems.
Now employees from Hiscox will spend time working for charity YouthNet as reading mentors.
The firm pitched in after senior vice-president for underwriting R...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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XL Group’s chief executive for reinsurance is to step down at the end of the year.
The firm announced yesterday US-based Jamie Veghte — who has been with the company for more than 20 years — is to retire.
XL chief executive Mike McGavick paid tribute...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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Communications firm Logic has teamed up with a cyber security firm to cut down on the risk of computer crime.
The firm has signed a deal with international company Masergy to help protect networks from hackers.
Logic CEO Vicki Coelho said: “More and ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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A Bermudian who is counting on becoming an actuary got a step closer to her dream job with a scholarship from financial services firm Deloitte.
Cynarra Phillips has been awarded the 2014 award — worth $20,000 — after the former CedarBridge Academy pu...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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A taste of success with a secret seasoning has inspired a young chef to create two new recipes.
Michiko Campbell — whose Chiko’s Smokey Rub has sold more than 2,500 bottles since it was launched in the summer — is to introduce a special seasoning for...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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Financial services firm PwC yesterday posted global revenues of $34 billion — a six per cent hike on the previous year.
Figures for the year to the end of June showed increases across the business — with a three per cent increase in the firm’s assura...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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Bermuda Waterworks is extending its pipeline in the west of the Island.
And the firm yesterday started trench work to lay a pipe into Sound View Road and East Shore Road in Somerset.
Bermuda Waterworks CEO Allan Rance said the move was part of a 2010...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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Financial services firm KPMG has bought a chunk of a top international cyber security firm Qubera.
The move follows a series of meetings last week — where KPMG played a leading role — aimed at alerting firms to the threat of cyber attacks on computer...
DATE: Oct 07, 2014
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