502 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Business"
Bermuda-based ACE Limited has signed an agreement to buy a 325,000 square foot office complex in Philadelphia, slated to become the headquarters for its US business.
ACE spokesperson in the US, John Herbkersman, told The Royal Gazette on Friday that ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2004
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US Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry reaffirmed in his victory speech in Wisconsin that he would clamp down on so-called tax-loopholes and companies that moved overseas ? to places like Bermuda.
And the anti-offshore rhetoric appears to have ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2004
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US Presidential hopeful, Senator John Kerry, has been hauled over the coals for his anti-Bermuda stance - after it was discovered his wife's trust made a killing on Ingersoll-Rand redomesticating to the Island.
Sen. Kerry, of Massachusetts, has been ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2004
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Chartered accountants in Bermuda have voted in new auditor independence and professional standards requirements.
The net effect of the changes ? adopted in the interest of protecting the public ? are higher professional and ethical standards for all ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2004
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"If I had a million dollars, I'd buy me a house, or a super car, or diamonds galore?"
So goes the catchy song now used on TV used to promote the State of New York lottery tickets. While we know the odds of winning the Megabucks are stacked against us...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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About three months ago, a major entertainment event took place locally. Four internationally famous acts, such as the Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Hootie and the Blow Fish and comedian/commentator Dennis Miller, recently of HBO fame, performed her...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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After 114 years of staunch Bermudian independence, Bank of Bermuda had been taken over by HSBC - a global banking giant.
The road from the bank's founding in 1889 to yesterday's sale has been a long and explosive one.
Bank of Bermuda started with jus...
DATE: Oct 29, 2003
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Greg Haycock is proof positive of what Bermudian accountants might realistically aspire to - the top.
Of course, Mr. Haycock isn't the first Bermudian to successfully scale the proverbial corporate ladder at a local accounting firm - there are numero...
DATE: Sep 26, 2003
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In the latest report from the 13th annual Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) released in early April by the American Savings Education Council, Americans' overall confidence in their ability to retire comfortably still seems fairly optimistic.
Retire...
DATE: Apr 19, 2003
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Centre Group has continued to slim down its operations by divesting itself of most of the assets in its e-commerce “incubator”.
In January, Centre closed several overseas offices, ceased writing credit enhancement business and made substantial redund...
DATE: Apr 16, 2003
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