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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks fell in a choppy session yesterday but showed resilience in the face of Europe’s debt crisis, recovering some of their losses on more encouraging signs from the US economy.
The euro zone’s troubles showed no signs of ab...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) The cost to insurers of natural disasters rose to about $31 billion in the first 11 months of this year after earthquakes in Chile and New Zealand and winter storm Xynthia in Europe, Swiss Reinsurance Co. said.
“Despite notably hig...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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WikiLeaks has certainly added another facet to the way we do journalism, but one that the media seem too ambivalent about.
Certainly WikiLeaks has leveraged the power of the internet to get confidential documents through an anonymous online drop box....
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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A taste of Asia and Europe will be coming to Bermuda when the long-awaited Beluga Bar opens in Washington Mall III tomorrow.
As reported in The Royal Gazette last month, the Island’s latest bar/restaurant will offer the finest in seafood dishes, but ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks ended lower yesterday on lingering fears that Europe’s debt crisis will continue to spread even after Ireland gets bailed out. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped below 11,000 but recovered much of its losses late in the da...
DATE: Nov 30, 2010
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Too often, people in high positions view leadership as a scene from the movie “Patton”, where the fiery general (George C Scott) stands in front of an inconceivably huge American flag to fire up his troops before the allied invasion of France.
“Ameri...
DATE: Nov 30, 2010
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Holiday shopping is now in full flow, but workers who plan to bargain hunt while on the clock should do so with caution.
Nearly half (48 percent) of chief information officers (CIOs) interviewed by Robert Half Technology in a US surveysaid they block...
DATE: Nov 30, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - The euro slid to a new two-month low against the dollar and stocks tumbled yesterday, as investors continued to worry that Europe’s debt crisis was spreading despite the €67.5 billion ($88.4 billion) bailout of Ireland.
The euro was dow...
DATE: Nov 30, 2010
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. rose 11.5 percent (60 cents) to $5.80 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The insurer traded 200 shares during the day.
Butterfield Bank also saw 27,130 shares change hands, but its share price held firm at $1.33....
DATE: Nov 30, 2010
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Government needs to be fully committed to supporting the private sector in order to help Bermuda recover from the economic downturn.
That is the view of Brent Wilton, deputy secretary-general of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), base...
DATE: Nov 30, 2010
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