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At the end of this year, Patrick Thiele will retire after a decade as chief executive officer of PartnerRe.
As he prepares to leave Bermuda to settle down to a quieter life with his family in his native American Midwest, his legacy to the Island exis...
DATE: Dec 15, 2010
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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Retailers look set to endure a tough Christmas as sales volume dropped by 10.8 percent during October and many traders sales are down on last year in the build up to the festive period.
Retail sales fell to $84.1 million for October from the previous...
DATE: Dec 15, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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With 18 months of declining sales reported for Bermuda’s retail sector, The Royal Gazette visited higher-end shops on Court Street for a look at the state of current business, and their strategies for enticing shoppers to north Hamilton.
Terry Smith,...
DATE: Dec 15, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda-based Ram Holdings Ltd. returned to profit in the second quarter of 2010, posting a net income of $26.3 million $1 per share versus a net loss of $4.6 million or 17 cents per share for the same period in 2009.
Ram CEO David Steel said: “Our s...
DATE: Dec 15, 2010
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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Furniture Flair Ltd. has announced that Alex DeCouto has taken over as the new owner and president of the 30-year-old furniture dealership in a restructuring of the business.
Mr DeCouto told The Royal Gazette that the deal came about as the business ...
DATE: Dec 15, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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There are many good reasons why there should be more mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Bermuda insurance market - but don’t expect to see a wave of consolidation.
That was the consensus view of a CEO panel at the Ernst & Young Property/Casualty Y...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Regardless of what an old myth says about how the bigger the cleavage, the bigger the chances of promotion for a woman at her workplace, a new survey comes to show that this is actually the biggest mistake ladies can make.
Showing too much cleavage ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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Other
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Researchers at the Centre for Professional Excellence (CPE) at York College of Pennsylvania continue to find that students aren’t making the grade as professionals in the workplace, according to the annual nationwide survey on the state of profession...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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Other
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) rose 12.2 points (1.09 percent) to 1,136.1 yesterday.
The Index traded 13,788 shares worth $210,872.60 during the day.
Argus Group Holdings Ltd. saw 88 shares change hands, but its share price held firm at $5.25...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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Other
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Bermuda-based Meridian Global Fund Services Group has announced the implementation of a managed hosting solution which moves its core IT infrastructure and data into a secure cloud environment.
The fund administrator has partnered with 6fusion, a clo...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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Other
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