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Six months after Digicel Bermuda moved its customer care team to the island from Trinidad, some customers are still taken aback when an agent with a local accent answers their call.
“There were a lot of customers who wanted to speak to a local voice,...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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Duncan Hall
The Regulatory Authority is seeking to increase fees on electricity providers and telecommunications companies to fund a $1 million-plus increase in its budget for the next financial year.
In its work plan consultation document for 2020-21, the RA es...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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Butterfield Bank has announced the four individuals selected to join the bank’s two-year graduate trainee programme that is designed to prepare them for professional careers in the financial services industry.
Kenya Thompson graduated from the Univer...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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Takeover target Ascendant Group Ltd gained ground in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading.
The owner of electricity provider Belco rose 50 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to close on $33.50 as 10,000 shares changed hands.
Ascendant is awaiting approval from the Re...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
The director-general of the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority won global recognition in the 2019 Business Worldwide CEO Awards.
Thomas Dunstan was crowned Aviation Industry Executive of The Year (Global) for his outstanding leadership through times o...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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When Alexandra Mosher first started a jewellery business out of her kitchen, she could barely keep the lights on.
“The Belco guy would be coming to turn off my electricity,” she said. “I’d say just give me one day. Then I’d call someone who had been...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
This week is World Investor Week, which aims to promote financial literacy around the world. The global inititaive, spearheaded by the International Organisation of Securities Commissions and the World Federation of Exchanges, is led in Bermuda by th...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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Personal Finance
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Operations of a Bermudian-based liquefied natural gas tanker company have been disrupted by US sanctions.
Teekay LNG Partners said its joint venture shipping natural gas from Northern Russia to China was “blocked” because of ties to Chinese shipping ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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International Business
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No shares traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, leaving The Royal Gazette/BSX Index unchanged on 2,077.48.
Butterfield Bank’s US-listed shares fell nine cents, or 0.32 per cent, to close on $28.07 on the New York Stock Exchange.
On the BSX, the bank...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Telecoms industry veteran Vicki Coelho has been appointed chief executive officer of the recently merged advertising agency AAC and online ticketing and events solution company Ptix.
In a statement, the company said that Ms Coelho “is an experienced ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall