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A major Bermuda investment company said the economy is unlikely to improve in the short term — but that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
The news came as Bermuda First Investment Company (BFIC) released its financial results for the third qua...
DATE: Dec 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd advanced nearly six percent in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading yesterday.
The parent company of The Royal Gazette, which also owns various retail, real estate and commercial printing interests, gained 50 cents to close on ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Peter Horton is the new chief executive officer of Bermuda Commercial Bank (BCB).
Mr Horton’s banking career has taken him around the world, with a job that included a stint in Botswana and then, from a base in Kenya, moved him throughout Africa tack...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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A firm which moved to Bermuda five years ago has gone into provisional liquidation owing more than $120 million.
Richina Pacific Ltd (RPL), the parent of failed New Zealand construction firm Mainzeal Property & Construction, delisted from the New Zea...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
On November 4, 2013 ETS Ltd chaired a seminar at the Chamber of Commerce entitled Coming To America. Steve Trow, Esq, an immigration attorney from Washington, DC, discussed immigration issues and I spoke about tax issues pre and post immigration. Wit...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A new PR firm has signed up two big name clients.
Insurance firm Colonial and real estate company Rego Sotheby’s International Realty have both taken on Deep Blue Communications as their PR consultants.
Deep Blue owner Jeremy Deacon, a former Assista...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda has become the top home for insurance-linked securities following a major conference for international investors.
The Island has notched up $8.5 billion worth of insurance-linked securities (ILS) business listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Rules on shop opening hours have been ditched in the run-up to Christmas, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce said today.
Now all stores — of whatever size — will be able to open between 9am and 9pm on Sundays between now and Christmas — and the City of ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Butterfield Bank shares rose 1.4 percent yesterday, propelling The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange Index higher.
The bank gained two cents to close on $1.42 as 7,727 shares changed hands.
Ascendant Group Ltd, the owner of Belco, fell 50 cents,...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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A Bermuda reinsurance firm has set up a new arm with backing of $65 million.
Aspen Re has created Silverton Re, run by Aspen Capital Markets, to tap into new sources of finance.
Brian Tobben, managing director of Aspen Capital Markets, said: “This is...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
