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Willis Group Holdings Plc last night reported organic growth of 4.1 percent in the first quarter of 2013 and exceeded Wall Street expectations.
The London-based broker posted a first-quarter net income of $219 million or $1.24 per share, down from $...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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Say goodbye to those old-school clamshell phones because it’s finally official: smartphones have taken over the world.
For the first time ever, more smartphones were shipped during the first quarter of this year than basic feature phones, according ...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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Butterfield Bank jumped 8 cents, or 5.7 percent, to close at $1.48 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday.
Some 37,000 of the bank’s shares changed hands.
Argus Group shares declined 19 cents, or 5.1 percent, to close at $3.51.
KeyTech closed unchan...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Butterfield Bank made a profit of $13.3 million in the first three months of this year, a 9.5 percent drop over the same period last year, the bank announced late yesterday afternoon.
The bank reported net income of $14.7 million in the first quarter...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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For more than a decade I have wanted a flower shop. Somewhere that carried beautiful flowers created into breathtaking arrangements. I had a vision of what the shop would look like, the music that was played, the countettops and lighting, the unusual...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons was joined by Bermuda Stock Exchange CEO Greg Wojciechowski to ring the opening bell yesterday for the NASDAQ stock exchange.
The BSX is celebrating an upgrade of its exchange technology platform to NASDAQ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Bermuda-based PartnerRe last night reported its earnings for the first three months of the year, posting a net income of $210.5 million, easily beating Wall Street estimates.
The company’s first-quarter profit of $3.39 a share on $1.76 billion of re...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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Re/insurer Arch Capital Group posted a first-quarter profit last night of $251 million. The company’s net income of $1.85 a share compares to $157.8 million, or $1.14 per share, for the 2012 first quarter.
Gross premiums written by the insurance seg...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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Travel agency C Travel, winner of Best Of Bermuda awards, has rebranded to become Worldview Travel, reflecting its year-old affiliations with the travel organisation Worldview Travel based in Santa Ana, California.
Carl Paiva, Worldview Travel chief ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Bermudian internet service providers (ISPs) Logic Communications and North Rock Communications decided to merge as a way to better compete against an increasingly more competitive marketplace, the two companies said in a press conference yesterday mo...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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