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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index surged yesterday as a bounce in oil prices and an offer by Total SA to buy UTS Energy Corpled the index higher for a second straight session.
UTS shares jumped 63 percent to C$3.44 after French oil major...
DATE: Jul 08, 2010
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — Borders Group's electronic bookstore is live. The retailer says it wants to snag 17 percent of the market by next July.
Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble already have a head start on the small but growing market, both selling e...
DATE: Jul 08, 2010
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Bermuda ranks number 22 in the world in terms of its use of information communication technology.
That is according to the latest Economist Digital Economy Rankings, formerly known as the E-Readiness Rankings, which show the Island has dropped one pl...
DATE: Jul 08, 2010
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If you have an underperforming website, the cash and the resources it is best to do what is called in the business a "usability test".
We do a lot in the company I currently work for by paying targeted groups of people to come in, sit at a computer ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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Bermuda Press Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced the appointment of Christine Macintyre as its new chief financial officer.
The company, which owns this newspaper, said the position would replace the role of the former group controller. The new CFO wi...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Bermuda-based insurer Hiscox has negotiated a $750 million credit line with a group of five banks, giving it the flexibility to write more business in the event of an upturn in insurance prices.
The facility, which renews and build...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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Bermuda recorded a current account surplus of $120 million in the first quarter of 2010, down some $61 million from the same period last year, according to the latest statistics released by Government.
The fall in the surplus, which reflects the bala...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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Government and the business sector needs to work together to ensure Bermuda's future economic prosperity — that is the reality according to Sir John Swan.
In the past relations between the ruling Progressive Labour Party (PLP) and particularly the in...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Absent-minded iPhone users can now insure their devices against loss or accidents. But with a $12 monthly fee and a $199 deductible for the latest model, it might make more sense to just learn to be careful.
Asurion, an insurer of con...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Online video site Hulu, under pressure from its media company parents to generate a bigger profit, launched a subscription service last Tuesday with complete access to back episodes of popular television shows.
For $9.99 a month, s...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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