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Island insurance firm BF&M yesterday announced its net income was up 15 percent through the first nine months of this year.
BF&M president and CEO John Wight said: “The company’s core operations relating to insurance and investment advisory and admin...
DATE: Dec 10, 2013
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The updated code of conduct for Civil Servants has been released as part of the SAGE Commission’s major report into Government efficiency.
The code — amended last year under former Premier Paula Cox — refocused on “values and behaviours that underpin...
DATE: Dec 09, 2013
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Rules on shop opening hours have been ditched in the run-up to Christmas, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce said today.
Now all stores — of whatever size — will be able to open between 9am and 9pm on Sundays between now and Christmas — and the City of ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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A $50 million Government bond issue is aimed at small Bermuda investors, Finance Minister Bob Richards told a meeting last night.
Mr Richards said the $10,000 minimum investment in the issue was geared to personal purchases — not institutional buyers...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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The use of generic drugs could cut the cost of healthcare in Bermuda, an insurance company said.
Naz Farrow, chief operating officer for health with the Colonial insurance group, said: “Overall, the generics are less expensive than the brand.
“In ord...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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A reinsurance firm has axed or transferred a total of seven jobs after a decision to close its underwriting office in Bermuda.
It is thought five jobs have gone, with two staff being offered positions elsewhere in the Hardy Group’s international netw...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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A $50 million bond issue was today launched by the Bermuda Government.
The senior notes — which will yield at least 4.75 percent and are denominated in Bermuda dollars — are targeted at Island investors and Government said smaller, individual subscri...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
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Bermuda supports up to 100,000 jobs in the UK and trade between the two nations averages about $1.4 billon a year, according to a secret report seen by The Royal Gazette.
The report — given to the UK Foreign Office in the run-up to the Overseas Terri...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
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A Bermuda businessman is out to prove life’s a gas — with hi-tech hydrogen fuel cells which provide electricity with water as the only by-product.
Muhammed Hamza, who runs Dragonfly Ltd, said he is starting small with the Horizon Mini Pak — the world...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
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HSBC yesterday took the wraps off its award-winning green Harbourview Centre.
The bank — which last week celebrated becoming the first Bermuda firm to earn a prestige gold environmental award for an entire building from a US-based organisation — show...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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