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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $350 million to Johns Hopkins University, the bulk of it to help expand its research on such cross-discipline issues as global health and urban revitalisation, as his lifetime giving to his alma mater...
DATE: Jan 28, 2013
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International Business
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A mortgage is a form of loan that transfers ownership of a home (or other real estate) from a borrower to a lender (usually a bank). The loan is said to be secured on the home.
A mortgage document creates a detailed contractual relationship, imposing...
DATE: Jan 25, 2013
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Other
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An increase in health and personal care costs helped to push the inflation rate up to 1.9 percent in November.
This marked an increase of 0.2 percentage points from October’s 1.7 percent rate, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures relea...
DATE: Jan 21, 2013
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Economy
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Drive, ambition and good bosses — they’re just three of the things Kirsten Faria credits for having led her to a higher level of responsibility at Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. The re/insurer announced last Friday that Ms Faria had been promote...
DATE: Jan 21, 2013
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Reinsurance
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Brian Duperreault is learning how to say ‘no’.
After decades of saying ‘yes’ — to the boards of publicly traded companies looking to leverage his golden managerial touch, to non-profit organisations hoping to benefit from his wisdom and guidance — th...
DATE: Jan 16, 2013
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Reinsurance
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The Institute of Directors Bermuda Branch (IoD) has announced that the organisation has revitalised after a four-year hiatus.
The IoD is a non-partisan business organisation founded in London by Royal Charter in 1903, currently with around 37,000 mem...
DATE: Jan 16, 2013
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Reinsurance
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The “glass ceiling” still exists for women in the workplace — despite statistics that indicate females’ pay rose faster than males’ during the past decade.
That is the view of Elaine Williams, of the Women’s Resource Centre, who was responding to las...
DATE: Jan 03, 2013
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Bermuda-based Digicel and Marriott broke ground yesterday on their new resort in Haiti that they say will cost $45 million to build and will open in 2015.
The 175-room hotel in Port-au-Prince is a partnership between the hotel company and the telecom...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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The Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies (BFIS) has awarded scholarships with a total value of $4.3 million to 119 students since its inception 16 years ago.
BFIS chairman Michael Fisher announced the numbers at the organisation’s annual general...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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More than two-thirds of voters believe the economy is the most important issue facing Bermuda — and more than half of them think it’s heading in the wrong direction.
Those were among the findings in a poll by quantitative research firm Mindmaps, whic...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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