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BF&M Ltd. boosted its net earnings by more than $2 million during the first half of 2010 driven by improved investment performance.
This was despite the insurer's underwriting activities being hit by higher health claims, resulting in a rare loss fro...
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Cloud computing and its application for Bermuda businesses will be the focus for an information session held by BCS, IBM's Bermuda agency, at Elbow Beach Hotel on Thursday, September 16.
The event, which will be held at the Paget Suite between 8.30 a...
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Bermuda residents are a step closer to having insurance coverage for their cash in the bank.
Financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority yesterday published a consultation paper on its plans for a deposit insurance scheme.
Aimed at protecting ...
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A local developer has come up with an innovative way to build its latest project in the heart of Bermuda's insurance district and in turn boost the Island's construction industry and labour market.
West Hamilton Holdings Ltd. (WHHL) completed work on...
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Bermuda's position as the top domicile for new reinsurance start-ups and companies moving jurisdiction is being seriously threatened by Europe.
That is according to Standard & Poor's Corp., who said in a report released on Wednesday that despite the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks extended their September rally yesterday following more encouraging news on the job market.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 28 points after the Labour Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last ...
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LONDON (AP) - Defence contractor BAE Systems plc. says it is in talks with unions to cut around 740 jobs in Britain, mainly from its military air division.
Kevin Taylor, the managing director of BAE's Military Air Solutions division, said yesterday t...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks fell for a third straight day as mining companies slumped following a bigger- than-estimated drop in US jobless claims, offsetting gains by energy producers and banks.
Detour Gold Corp. and Silvercorp Metals Inc...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - The Bank of England held interest rates steady at a record low of 0.5 percent for the 18th consecutive month yesterday amid growing fears about a double-dip recession.
Most economists expect rates to stay at that level well into next ye...
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SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (Bloomberg) - Ford Motor Co. has cancelled plans to move production of a small sport-utility vehicle from Europe to Kentucky as currency exchange rates no longer favour US production, according to two people familiar with the dec...
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