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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...
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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...
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Bermudian national team tennis player Nicholas Thuell is the first Bermudian trainee to be enrolled in Hiscox's graduate scheme
Mr. Thuell joined specialist insurer Hiscox in October as a trainee underwriter and has started the two-year graduate sche...
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Everyone from software developers and engineers to computer hobbyists will be able to network and share ideas thanks to a newly-launched Microsoft.NET user group.
The Bermuda.NET Users Group, which is the first of its kind on the Island and in the Ca...
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Role: Designer, Aardvark Communications
What is your job? As a designer, I come up with the creative work that our clients need. I've done everything from designing a logo, to annual reports and calendars, to newspaper ads, to managing social...
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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron was leading his country's largest ever delegation to China yesterday, hoping to win trade and woo a powerful potential ally as London seeks to cultivate ties beyond Washington and Europe.
Cameron, ac...
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HOLIDAY BUDGETS STILL IN CHECK: The recession may be over, but people are still shopping with an eye on savings.
About 30 percent of US adults want to cut their holiday budgets this year, according to an October Consumer Reports poll. That follows ye...
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