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DUBLIN (AP) - Ryanair said yesterday its first-half net profit rose 17 percent to 451.9 million Euros ($628 million) as the budget airline raised its ticket prices and grew its business in the Mediterranean.
But Ryanair shares fell as analysts expres...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Uncertainty over a fresh round of US monetary easing weighed on the dollar on Friday, prompting investors in the options market to hedge against any volatility arising from the Federal Reserve decision.
The dollar fell against th...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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Bermudian engineer Philip Mason has established his own engineering consulting company, Mason and Associates Ltd.
Home inspection is one of the services the new firm is offering and Mr. Mason, the firm's founding owner and director, said he was offer...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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The scrapping of work permit time limits and an improvement in public education are high on the business community's wish list for new Premier Paula Cox.
Business people who spoke with The Royal Gazette welcomed her election and expressed hope that h...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - British Airways plc. posted a first profit in two years as surging sales of business tickets allowed it to ramp up fares. Europe's third-largest carrier said its outlook depends on an economic environment that remains unclear.
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DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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Butterfield Bank was one of the busiest traders on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) last week.
The bank's preference shares rose 6.3 percent ($75) to $1,275, with 400 shares traded, while its also saw 42,050 common shares change hands, climbing 4.3 p...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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Bermuda will be among the first wave of countries to be assessed for equivalence with the new Solvency II regulations for insurance companies, the European Commission confirmed on Friday.
Switzerland and Japan will be the two other countries to under...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - AIA Group Ltd. surged 17 percent in its Hong Kong debut as investors, chasing exposure to Asia's fast-growing life insurance business, piled into the record offering in the world's hottest IPO market.
The better-than-expected li...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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VANCOUVER (Reuters) - If an astute investor asked a Canadian forest industry executive just five years ago about lumber sales to China, the answer would probably have been: "China? China doesn't buy our lumber."
How times have changed.
China has beco...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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As the economy struggles in the wake of the worst financial crisis in generations, the value of financial knowledge has rarely been so apparent.
It was with that in mind that Riquette Bonne-Smith, executive director of the Centre for Talented Youth, ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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