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A period of low catastrophe activity helped Bermuda reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd to post net income of $67.5 million for the second quarter.
The profit broke down to diluted earnings per common share of $1.97 for the second quarter.
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DATE: Jul 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Butterfield Bank executive chairman Brendan McDonagh is mentioned in a scathing 335-page US Senate report that describes a decade of compliance failures by global bank HSBC.
Mr McDonagh served as COO of HSBC North America from 2004 to 2006, becoming ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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Other
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New legislation to give some companies relief from foreign ownership restrictions has been welcomed by energy company Ascendant Group, which said it would stimulate the availability of overseas capital to fund infrastructure projects.
BF&M Ltd CEO Jo...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Marissa Mayer, one of the top executives at Google, will be the next CEO of Yahoo, making her one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley and corporate America.
Ms Mayer has blazed several trails in the tech industry. As employee number 20 at G...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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Q: Why do laptops overheat?
A: The internal components of a laptop are stored in closer proximity to one another than those of a desktop, which also means there is less space for airflow.
Laptops that are allowed to overheat on a regular basis will ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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Sales of personal computers continued to fall during the second quarter of this year, according to two separate analyst reports released last week.
It’s further proof that consumers these days are more interested in other technologies like tablets a...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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Bermuda Motors this week partnered with US-based technology company 3M to put on a free workshop for the Island’s automotive and marine paint and body shop technicians.
The one-day workshop by Leroy Cruceta, Service Technician from 3M’s Caribbean off...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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It’s the largest, most valuable publicly traded company in the world, and they may make some of the most popular products but when it comes to the smartphone market, it looks like Apple is in a losing battle.
When the iPhone 4s came out, plenty of p...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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The recent notable absence of Apple from the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) registry last month brought out the environmentalist in me, so I decided to keep the momentum going and take a look at creative ways environmental g...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Axis Capital has agreed to pay its former CEO John Charman another $13.8 million — taking his total severance package to just under $36 million.
According to an SEC filing made on Monday, Axis has paid Mr Charman a lump sum of...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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