76009 results returned for search: "" category "Business"
TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canada added fewer jobs than expected while the country's main realtor group cuts its home resales forecast, underscoring the economic recovery will remain sluggish.
Employment rose by 3,000 after a decline of 6,600 in September...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Government's extension of the exemption from local corporate taxes for international business until 2035 reflects the value Premier Paula Cox puts on international business, according to one of Bermuda's top business leaders.
Plans to introduce a bil...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Recently stories have floated in the financial press focusing on the macro-driven nature of today's markets.
Prominent investment strategists, like James Bianco of Bianco Research even went so far as to say: "Stock picking is a dead art form. Macro t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
"Charting A Path Through The Soft Market" will be the theme of an insurance conference featuring some of leading lights of the Bermuda market that starts in Hamilton tomorrow.
CEOs speaking at the two-day event at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess inclu...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — A Republican House leader said he opposes granting only a short-term extension to current tax rates for top earners, as a battle looms in Congress over the expiration of the tax cuts enacted under former President George W. B...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Trading in shares of insurer Argus Group Holdings Ltd. will resume on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) tomorrow after a suspension of more than three months.
The company made the announcement following its AGM and simultaneously announced a dividend ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. is near an agreement to buy Quidsi Inc., the owner of Diapers.com and Soap.com, for $540 million, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
An announcement may come as soon as today, said one of the people, ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
NEW YORK (AP) — The dollar rebounded on Friday as a report showed stronger-than-anticipated job gains in the United States and investors once again worried about European debt levels.
The euro, used by 16 European countries, fell to $1.4045 in late N...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Last week brought strong gains for three of the bigger companies on the Bermuda Stock Exchange domestic board.
Ascendant Group Ltd., owner of electricity provider Belco, was the biggest climber, gaining 6.7 percent. Ascendant shares closed up $1 at $...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. has agreed to pay more than $220 million to buy out some of its founding shareholders.
Saturday's announcement from the nine-year-old Bermuda-based re/insurer came after the company announced net income fo...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
