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LONDON (AP) - Stock markets mostly fell yesterday as investors took a breather following last week's big gains, which sent many of the world's major indexes above where they were when Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008.
In Europe, the FTSE 1...
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Bermuda retailers will make a slew of special offers for online shoppers for one day only in next week's eMonday initiative.
More than 30 "e-tailers" have signed up for the first eMonday, Business Development and Tourism Minister Patrice Minors said ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2010
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BERLIN (AP) — German exports surged 22.5 percent in September, according to official data released yesterday, which showed Europe's largest economy is recovering quickly but still depends largely on foreign demand for its industrial products.
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DUBLIN (Bloomberg) — Ireland is "increasingly likely" to seek aid from the European Union-backed rescue fund as its borrowing costs continue to rise before the government's 2011 budget, NCB Stockbrokers said.
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc. hired Sid Sankaran, a partner at consulting firm Oliver Wyman, as chief risk officer as the bailed-out insurer works to regain independence from the US.
Sankaran headed Wyman's Toronto office a...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks rose for a third day as precious-metal stocks gained on demand for a haven from European government debt concerns and uranium producers advanced after the nuclear fuel hit a two-year high.
Barrick Gold Corp., the...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Hiscox Ltd., the second-largest Lloyd's of London insurer, said nine-month revenue was unchanged from a year earlier as higher sales at its US and Bermuda units were offset by falling premium rates.
Gross written premiums were £1...
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BEIJING (Reuters) - The world must get better at managing capital flows and imbalances, but this is not a challenge that will be resolved overnight, British finance minister George Osborne told Reuters on yesterday.
"There's the debate about global i...
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Bermuda-based Lancashire Holdings Ltd. is to pay out a special dividend to shareholders that amounts to nearly 15 percent of yesterday's closing share price.
The company made the announcement as it reported net operating profit of $97.4 million for t...
DATE: Nov 09, 2010
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Shares of insurer Argus Group Holdings Ltd. will resume trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) today as the company lifted a voluntary suspension that has lasted three months.
The company simultaneously announced it would pay out a dividend of 1...
DATE: Nov 09, 2010
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