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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended slightly higher yesterday as gold miners got a boost from strong bullion prices, which climbed on persistent concern about the pace of economic recovery.
Gold rose to a one-and-half month high yest...
DATE: Aug 17, 2010
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Axis Global Accident and Health, a division of Bermuda-based Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., said Giles Allen has been named senior vice-president, International Accident & Health Insurance Operations.
Mr. Allen is based in London, where he will manage ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2010
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People on the go can get a fast meal and enjoy the benefits of healthy food thanks to the launch of a new vegetarian and vegan bar.
Cafe Eden Smoothie Bar, which is based at 41 King Street, Hamilton, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church Book Centre an...
DATE: Aug 16, 2010
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YTB International Inc. — the travel company which has recruited at least 700 Bermudians — suffered a net loss of $500,000 during the second quarter of 2010 as the company aims to emerge from the impact of the recession.
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DATE: Aug 16, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein has reaped a $6.1 million gain by cashing in more than 90,000 stock options before they expired in November.
Blankfein realised the windfall last Wednesday by exercising his right to buy 90...
DATE: Aug 16, 2010
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Bermuda is the perfect market for Latin American companies to set up their captives, ALARYS president Jorge Luzzi has said ahead of the organisation's conference in October.
The Island will be hosting the event at the Fairmont Southampton with about ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Philip Green, the billionaire owner of Arcadia Group Ltd., will lead an external efficiency review into UK government spending, the Cabinet Office said.
Green, who will be supported by officials from the Cabinet Office and the Tr...
DATE: Aug 16, 2010
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On August 5, Russia banned exports of grains for the rest of the year. In the wake of record high temperatures, 1,000 square miles of wildfires and an associated drought, at least 50 people have been killed and about 20 percent of the crop of the wor...
DATE: Aug 16, 2010
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Butterfield Bank surged 3.4 percent last week in brisk trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).
Just shy of 120,000 of the bank's shares were traded during the five days, as the share price closed up five cents at $1.50.
Ninety of Butterfield's e...
DATE: Aug 16, 2010
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) — China, whose $2.45 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves are the world's largest, is turning bullish on Europe and Japan at the expense of the US.
The nation has been buying "quite a lot" of Europe's bonds, said Yu Yongding, a f...
DATE: Aug 16, 2010
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