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An 11th-hour deal has avoided legal action over the portability of phone numbers by major cellphone firm Digicel.
Digicel had asked for a four-month extension to next Monday’s deadline — and after it was refused, threatened to appeal to the Supreme C...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Third Point Reinsurance’s fourth-quarter net income rose 32 percent, the company reported, helped by strong investment income from its hedge fund asset manager.
Profit for the quarter was $80.1 million, or 75 cents per diluted common share, for the f...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Planning a barbecue? Expect to pay more with leading price increases in grocery stores reported for soft drinks at 11.4 percent, frozen spare ribs at 8.9 percent and mayonnaise at 5.4 percent. These were some of the food price changes in grocery stor...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Today, a London-based Bermudian entrepreneur brings her product home.
Miles Market is the first local supermarket to introduce Cuckoo Bircher Muesli products to Bermuda.
Created in London by Anna Mackenzie, Cuckoo is finally making its way to Bermuda...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Family disputes over the provisions of a will are a relatively common occurrence in Bermuda courts.
Occasionally such disputes arise because of vague wording in the will document; imprecise drafting can raise questions as to the identity of the bene...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Suze Orman, a personal finance expert with her own US TV show, is set to take the stage in Bermuda.
The two-time Emmy Award-winning television host, New York Times mega best-selling author, magazine and online columnist, is being brought to Bermuda b...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Bermuda reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd will relocate Ross Curtis from London to Bermuda this summer to become the company’s chief underwriting officer.
Mr Curtis is currently active underwriter of RenaissanceRe Syndicate 1458 at Lloyd’s and wil...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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XL Group’s American reinsurance operation has acquired Global Ag Insurance Services, a California-based crop insurance provider specialising in the needs of farmers in the western US.
XL Reinsurance America has been partnering with the Fresno-headqua...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
The Caribbean hotel industry has had a solid start to 2014, according to data from hotel analytics firm STR.
Caribbean Journal is reporting STR figures that show that the region’s hotels saw occupancy rise to 72.6 percent in January, a 2.8 percent r...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Butterfield Bank shares surged for a second successive day in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading to come within a cent of the $2 mark.
The bank, which announced a tripling in annual profit and a special dividend on Tuesday, rose 7.6 percent today to foll...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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