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Willis Towers Watson employees in Bermuda, and its charities committee members, have made donations of $1,000 to several local charities ahead of Christmas. The charities benefiting include CARE Learning Centre, Salvation Army, Coalition for the Prot...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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A Bermudian reinsurance and wealth-management firm has been linked to a $1 billion fraud case in the US.
The Beechwood group, which includes Beechwood Bermuda International and Caymanian-based Beechwood Re, has been impacted after top executives at N...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Butterfield Bank gained some massive new shareholders — including some of the biggest names on Wall Street — as a result of its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in September.
Regulatory filings show an impressive breadth of inst...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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Inflation edged up to 2.1 per cent in October, 0.1 of a percentage point higher than the month before.
For the second consecutive month, the education, recreation, entertainment and reading sector was the largest contributor to the year-over-year cha...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Google saved $3.6 billion in worldwide taxes in 2015 by moving 14.9 billion euros ($15.5 billion) to a Bermuda shell company, new regulatory filings in the Netherlands reveal.
The amount the company shifted through its Dutch su...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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The Bank of Butterfield went up $1 to $32 on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index.
The rise, equal to 3.2 per cent, came after 2,624 shares traded.
On the New York Stock Exchange, the bank dropped 26 cents, or 0.79 per cent, to $32.50.
The Royal Gazette/BSX I...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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A Bermudian firm has won a bid to run two ferries between Dockyard and St George for Norwegian Cruise Lines.
Cruiseport Ferry Management, owned by experienced mariner Beau Evans, will operate the two 85-foot catamarans from next July.
The boats, buil...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Allied World Assurance Company operations will not be changed as a result of Fairfax Financial Holdings proposed $4.9 billion acquisition.
Prem Watsa, the chief executive officer of Fairfax Financial, has praised the performance of the insurer and re...
DATE: Dec 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermudian businessman Mike Swan is a driving force behind green transport.
Now Mr Swan, who owns the Lighthouse LED lighting specialist, has moved into electric scooters and power-assisted bicycles with his Veelr E-motion venture.
And he plans to add...
DATE: Dec 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda took top spot in a competition to find the world’s best digital jurisdiction.
The island won the prize from UK magazine World Commerce Review — regarded as the principal awards for professional conduct and excellence.
Grant Gibbons, Minister ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor