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LONDON A levy on Britain’s banks will be set at a level that raises no more than £2.5 billion ($3.9 billion) annually, a British government minister said yesterday.
“The levy will raise about £2.5 billion,” Mark Hoban, UK financial services minister,...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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LONDON (AP) Shares in British homebuilder Taylor Wimpey PLC were up slightly yesterday on reports the company is preparing to sell its North American business.
Taylor Wimpey’s US and Canadian businesses include the Mirasol development in Palm Beach G...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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LONDON (AP) British regional airline Flybe says it plans to raise £60 million ($93.2 million) in new shares in a float on the London Stock Exchange.
Flybe Britain’s largest domestic airline said yesterday that half the net proceeds will be used to ex...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER?1: Four of Bermuda’s leading lights in the business community have been inducted into the Bermuda Employers’ Council (BEC)?inaugural Bermuda Business Hall of Fame today.
Sir Henry Tucker was selected from the 1960s, Sir David Gibb...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) Jacob (Kobi) Alexander, the former chairman and CEO of voicemail software maker Comverse Technology Inc. who fled to Namibia in 2006 to avoid prosecution over stock option backdating, has agreed to pay nearly $54 million to settle a civ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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IT security threats and how to deal with them will be the focus for the Security Services Roadshow hosted by BCS, IBM’s local agency tomorrow.
The event, which will be held at the Elbow Beach Hotel, will look at a number of issues including intrusion...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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BEIJING (AP) China’s government announced a new crackdown yesterday on rampant illegal copying of products from software to music that is adding to tensions with Washington and other governments over trade and currency complaints.
Trade groups say Ch...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. dropped 6.9 percent (40 cents) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday and the insurer continued its up and down week.
The insurer rose 11.5 percent on Monday, but closed down at $5.40 with 7,000 shares traded the following ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Hiscox says $5 million-plus US hospital liability losses are trending significantly higher, posing a threat to excess insurers’ results.
Industry research by the company found that the frequency of large hospital liability lo...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO Consumers heeded the call of online retailers on Cyber Monday, ringing up double-digit sales growth on that key e-commerce holiday shopping day, according to data released yesterday.
At least three companies reported surging sales on Mo...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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