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New Business Development Minister Patrice Minors has pledged an open-door policy to businesses and aims to continue the work of Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox in promoting the Island as a top global business centre.
Ms Minors added that Bermu...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - BP plc. returned to profit in the third quarter but said it does not plan to rush back into the Gulf of Mexico as it raised the likely cost of the devastating oil spill there by $7.7 billion to $40 billion.
The London-based company said...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - England's home owners will be able to fit their properties with energy-saving insulation at no upfront cost from the end of 2012 onwards, the government said yesterday.
Under a proposed plan called the "Green Deal", government-accr...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.'s profits dipped slightly during the third quarter of 2010 in the face of losses from the New Zealand earthquake and a tough economic environment.
The re/insurer posted net income of $23 million or...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - A stronger than anticipated US manufacturing survey helped stocks rally yesterday but the advance was capped by continuing unease about the scale of the Federal Reserve's expected policy easing later this week.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 i...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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KeyTech Ltd. dropped 0.7 percent (five cents) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The telecoms company traded 7,200 shares to close at $7.05.
The only other traders were Butterfield Bank (31,290 shares) and the Ascendant Group Ltd. (2,004)...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - The US government's stake in American International Group Inc. (AIG) was worth about $69.5 billion as of October 29, putting the nation's rescue of the insurer on track to earn a profit, the Treasury Department said in a repo...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US small-business owners believe a US economic recovery is unlikely to accelerate before the second half of 2011 amid worries about issues such as healthcare costs, according to a quarterly survey.
The survey, by human resources ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority has launched the Bermuda Banking Code of Conduct which will set the standards for good banking practice for the Island's banks and deposit companies, as well as requirements for the treatment of retail customers.
Jeremy...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA's profits almost halved during the third quarter as the company took a $52.5 million hit from the New Zealand earthquake.
The reinsurer, which redomiciled from Bermuda to Luxembourg in May this year, saw its net inco...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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