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Are you your own enemy when it comes to your finances? You are not alone. This is especially true when you have strong feelings about something, be it the markets or the need to buy something. Most people are not comfortable with talking about money ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New US claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, hardening the view the central bank will pump more money into the economy in hopes of boosting growth and lowering unemployment.
At the same time, record-high impo...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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Ace Ltd. is to cut 17 jobs from its Bermuda workforce next year.
All those whose positions will be eliminated have been notified, the company said in a statement yesterday.
"These employees will be given priority consideration for appropriate open po...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed lower yesterday, retreating from the two-year high it hit a day earlier as investors took their cue from weak US economic data and took profits.
All 10 of the index's main sectors were down, inclu...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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LOM (Holdings) Ltd. announced today that the US District Court in New York has approved a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) resolving allegations that involved trading of Sedona Software Solutions Inc. and SHEP Technolog...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea's economy is expected to grow faster this year than economists had forecast three months ago on stronger domestic and export demand, but growth is seen easing more than expected in 2011, a Reuters poll shows.
The stronge...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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Butterfield Bank climbed for a second successive day to help push local stocks higher.
The bank gained three cents, or two percent, to $1.49, as 150 shares changed hands in Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) trading.
Insurer and investments company BF&M Lt...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said yesterday it would cut the tax relief on pension savings for around 100,000 higher earners, in a move designed to raise £4 billion ($6.4 billion) a year and help reduce a record budget deficit.
The move follows the scr...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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Six Bermudian entrepreneurs have won return air tickets to London.
The names of the winners in the Face-2-Face Contest were announced yesterday by sponsors British Airways, who ran the competition in partnership with the Bermuda Small Business Develo...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. said yesterday that it spent $91.8 million buying back more than 2.2 million its own shares in the third quarter.
The company added that it also agreed to pay $98.5 million in cash for optio...
DATE: Oct 15, 2010
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