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BF&M Ltd. rose 0.4 percent (five cents) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The insurer traded 400 shares to close at $12.25.
Butterfield Bank also saw 163 common shares and 83 preference shares change hands, but their respective share pri...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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DUBLIN (Bloomberg) — Ireland's credit rating was cut one step by Standard & Poor's to AA-, the lowest since 1995, on concern the rising cost of supporting the country's struggling banks will swell the budget deficit.
S&P raised its estimate for recap...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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Fund administrator Butterfield Fulcrum has axed 10 staff from its Bermuda office following a review of the distribution of work at its operational centres, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
All of the positions were in the company's operations team.
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DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of workers on London's underground rail system will start four one-day strikes on September 6 to protest against proposed ticket office job cuts, unions said yesterday.
The white-collar Transport Salaried Staffs' Associat...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's financial services watchdog has fined the London branch of French bank Societe Generale £1.6 million ($2.5 million) for failing to provide accurate transaction reports.
The Financial Services Authority said yesterday that the ...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea have been warned to improve safety after a spike in accidental leaks and serious injuries to workers on offshore platforms.
As the US faces years to complete the clean-up of the Gulf of M...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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Conyers Dill & Pearman has announced that Bermudian Jacqueline King is the recipient of its 2010 Legal Scholarship Award.
The award, valued at $30,000 per annum for up to three years, involves a competitive selection process including a written appl...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed higher yesterday, swinging back from a five-week low hit earlier in the day, as gold prices climbed and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce unveiled results that topped market expectations.
Big nam...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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Terrorism insurance rates could rocket and coverage would become hard to obtain for the most vulnerable areas if the US Government discontinues its terrorism insurance backstop.
That is the view of leading insurance broker Marsh, which expressed its ...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai World is prepared to sell prized assets including previously ring-fenced ports firm DP World in a bid to raise as much as $19.4 billion to repay creditors, a document obtained by Reuters showed.
The document, presented on Jul...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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