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Rising costs for health insurance and food were two of the main drivers of inflation in October.
Consumers paid 0.7 per cent more in October 2019 than they did a year ago for the basket of goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index, the ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Mortgage insurer Essent Group has acquired $495.9 million of reinsurance coverage from the capital markets for mortgage insurance policies it has written.
The insurance-linked securities transaction was done through Radnor Re 2020-1 Ltd, a newly form...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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KraftHeinz and Butterfield & Vallis presented a cheque for $4,373 to the Bermuda Zoological Society.
The funds were raised during the third quarter of their Kraft Cares campaign.
For a limited time, with the purchase of any Kraft Cheese product at s...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Chris Faria caught the farming bug while working as a greenhouse manager at Aberfeldy Nursery and as a farm labourer for Amaral Farms.
A trip through Asia gave him insight into farming in agrarian communities where small-scale farmers grow food for ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
NCB Financial Group Ltd, the controlling shareholder of Bermudian-based Clarien Bank, has reported net profit attributable to stockholders of $5.9 billion Jamaican, or $42.37 million Bermudian, for the fourth quarter of 2019.
The figure is a 21 per c...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Bermuda is the 17th most expensive place in the world for broadband internet service, according to a survey of 206 countries.
This is based on the average cost of a fixed-line broadband package, at $129.98, as measured by UK-based Cable.co.uk.
Countr...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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No shares traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange as The Royal Gazette/BSX Index remained unchanged on 2,216.84.
Butterfield Bank’s US-listed shares gained 15 cents, or 0.45 per cent, to close on $33.37 on the New York Stock Exchange. The bank last trad...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Dear Dave,
We’re debt-free except for our home, and we’ll have our fully funded emergency fund of three to six months of expenses, we’ve agreed on six months’ worth, saved up by the end of February. We’re also setting aside a little each month to buy...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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When singer Michael Jackson stayed at the Hamilton Princess in 1991, it was bellman Eddie Benjamin’s job to fool the waiting crowd.
“If he was coming around the front, I had to convince everyone that he was coming by boat,” the 60-year-old laughed. ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Argus Group has started using the debit and credit card payment system operated by Bermudian-based Powertranz.
It is the latest business to go live with the system, which launched in July.
It means Argus staff no longer have to physically handle clie...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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