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LONDON (AP) — British telecoms company Vodafone reported yesterday that net profit for the first half of the year jumped 56 percent to £7.50 billion ($12.12 billion), thanks to higher revenue and the sale of a business. The company lifted its outlook...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Some of Britain's top private sector leaders have been appointed business ambassadors to promote overseas trade, the government said yesterday.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who is visiting China this week, said the ambassadors wil...
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After 10 years in business emedia boss Jennifer Ward has decided to change the focus of the company and its team.
The company, which marked its 10th anniversary this year, has switched its priority to producing top quality creative work for its clien...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Gold advanced to a record in New York as concern that some European governments may struggle to raise funds and a weaker dollar boosted demand for bullion. Silver reached a 30-year high of more than $28 an ounce.
The euro rebound...
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's Constitutional Council approved President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension bill yesterday, clearing the last hurdle to a reform that will raise the retirement age by two years to stem a huge pension deficit.
Despite a late challen...
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Florida has lowered its reinsurance market entry barriers for three more Bermuda reinsurers.
Ace Tempest Re, Hiscox Bermuda and Partner Re are the latest to have struck agreements with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for lower collateral r...
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Jonathan Kent
The heightened social, policy and regulatory risk of the past four years that has caused several Bermuda-based companies to redomicile will be greatly reduced over the next two years.
That is the view of Brad Kading, president and executive director ...
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. fell 0.15 percent (one cent) to $6.29 on its return to trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday after a three-month voluntary suspension.
The insurer traded 2,800 shares during the day.
The only other trader was...
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DUBLIN (Bloomberg) — European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said he's convinced that Ireland will overcome its crisis as investors dump the country's bonds and borrowing costs soar.
"It might feel a small consolation at t...
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LONDON (AP) — Former BP PLC chief Tony Hayward has acknowledged that the company was unprepared for the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the media frenzy it spawned, and said the firm came close to financial disaster as its credit sources evap...
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