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Bermuda-based Teekay Corporation announced that it has signed a new fixed-rate contract with Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) to provide a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Tiro and Sidon fields located in the Santos Ba...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s earnings easily beat analysts' forecasts again, but the bank saw a big slowdown in trading, its most profitable business.
Net income after paying preferred dividends fell 43 percent from the year-ago period ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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"Witterers", "emmobilisers" and "crampers" are the new Silver Surfers who have embraced social networking sites more than their bus passes, according to new research by Oddfellows. Witterers; those who use Twitter to gossip, emmobilisers; those who a...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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The Bermuda Democratic Alliance (BDA) has hit out at Government over its handling of the economy and called for a change in the way import duty is imposed on retailers to offer some relief in light of the latest set of retail sales figures.
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DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - US stocks rose to a five-month high, led by financial shares, after Citigroup Inc.'s earnings topped estimates and an unexpected drop in industrial production added to signs the Federal Reserve will help fuel the recovery.
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DATE: Oct 19, 2010
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Persistent, loud noise in the workplace more than doubles the risk for heart disease, Canadian researchers say. Among those at highest risk are younger men who smoke, which by itself is a risk factor for heart disease, the study authors noted.
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DATE: Oct 19, 2010
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto ditched plans to form the world's biggest iron ore joint venture, in a victory for steelmakers that could prompt both miners to step up competing expansions.
The announcement marked the second failed a...
DATE: Oct 19, 2010
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Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. yesterday rejected a $250 million takeover bid from Beazley plc.
Hardy, which moved its domicile from London to Bermuda in 2008, said its board voted unanimously to reject the approach.
Beazley said yesterday it had of...
DATE: Oct 19, 2010
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More than half of professionals would turn back the clock and change their career paths if they could, a new survey in New Zealand by not-for profit the Workchoice Trust has revealed.
The survey, completed by over 200 mainly university-educated profe...
DATE: Oct 19, 2010
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Bermuda-based Seadrill has entered into an agreement for the construction of two jack-up drilling rigs with Jurong Shipyard (JSPL) in Singapore.
The new units are scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2012 and first quarter of 2013 respecti...
DATE: Oct 19, 2010
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