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Somers Ltd, owner of the Bermuda Commercial Bank, is seeking to buy out London-based broker Westhouse Holdings PLC.
The Bermuda Stock Exchange-listed Somers already owns a 46.1 percent stake in Westhouse.
Somers, formerly known as Bermuda National Lt...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
HSBC yesterday took the wraps off its award-winning green Harbourview Centre.
The bank — which last week celebrated becoming the first Bermuda firm to earn a prestige gold environmental award for an entire building from a US-based organisation — show...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
International business chiefs are satisfied with Bermuda as a place to do business and live, a new survey revealed.
But big firm bosses are concerned about the cost of doing business on the Island, crime, public education standards and the potential ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The cost of health and dental care helped push the cost of basic goods and services up 1.6 percent year on year, the latest Government statistics revealed today.
A major factor was said to be a 9.8 percent rise in health insurance premiums and a nine...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Caribbean Journal is reporting that The Cayman Islands has signed a tax information exchange agreement with the Republic of Malta.
It stated that the two sides completed the TIEA this week ahead of the Joint Ministerial Conference meeting of British ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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Butterfield Bank’s preference shares plunged 1.1 percent today in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading.
The shares’ price dipped $12.85 to close the day on $1,182, as 175 shares traded.
No common shares traded yesterday and so The Royal Gazette / BSX Index...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Bermuda was hit by fresh jobs gloom today after HSBC Bermuda announced another round of redundancies.
A spokeswoman for the bank confirmed that jobs would go as part of a bid to streamline the operation.
She added: “To accommodate the new structure, ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Marshall Diel & Myers Limited (MDM) lawyers Rachael Barritt and Adam Richards have co-authored the analysis of Bermuda family law for Family Law Jurisdictional Comparisons (second edition), published by European Lawyer/Thomson Reuters.
Ms Barritt an...
DATE: Nov 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) is in talks aimed at allowing alternative fund managers based on the Island to market their investment products in Germany.
The confirmation of the talks comes after British newspaper The Finan...
DATE: Nov 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
It’s a secret!
This Black Friday, few retailers are giving away their early morning opening times and special promotional activities, and are instead steering customers to their advertising in The Royal Gazette on Thursday, when they say all will be...
DATE: Nov 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
