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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The dollar fell for a fifth week against the euro, matching a losing streak that ended in December 2008, as traders speculated the Federal Reserve will further ease monetary policy, debasing the greenback.
The US currency dropp...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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Bermuda-based telecommunications group KeyTech Ltd. is investing around $2 million to extend its fibre optic network in the Cayman Islands as it seeks to boost its corporate data services business.
KeyTech is aiming to capitalise on its acquisition l...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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HONG KONG (Bloomberg) — Equities traders in Hong Kong may soon have to say goodbye to lunches of sautéed ostrich and crispy pigeon at Michelin-starred restaurants and settle for a sandwich at their desks instead.
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. C...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. has named Barry Zurbuchen as chief risk officer.
Mr. Zurbuchen is the company's senior vice-president, modelling and corporate pricing, a role in which he is responsible for the company's reinsurance,...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc.'s plan to exit US ownership includes a new $2 billion backstop from the Treasury Department after credit raters said the company may need emergency capital as it regains independence.
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DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will clamp down on welfare fraud, slash government spending and press banks to pay more tax in an attempt to cut its record peacetime budget deficit, finance minister George Osborne said yesterday.
Speaking before a spendin...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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Local stocks rose last week, led by jumps in the value of shares of both Butterfield Bank and Ascendant Group Ltd.
Butterfield rose 6.4 percent and Ascendant 4.9 percent, as The Royal Gazette / BSX Index climbed 3.75 percent. The index rose 47.5 poin...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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Tawana Tannock has been called to the Bermuda Bar after completing her pupilage in the Attorney General's Chambers.
Mrs. Tannock was formerly a M3 social studies teacher at Whitney Institute Middle School, a probation officer, Drug Court case manager...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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There are so many varieties of risk in this world, oh Bermuda. Take your pick: plane trips, automobile excursions, bathtubs, boats, politics, hurricanes, electrical malfunctions, fear of losing a job, being embarrassed, relationships, public speaking...
DATE: Oct 16, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Weak US consumer confidence figures hit stocks hard yesterday after they had rallied earlier on comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank stands ready to loosen monetary policy again to shore up the US ec...
DATE: Oct 16, 2010
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