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Bermuda-based reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. stands to be paid about $2.5 million in interest payments after winning an arbitration decision.
The company's principal operating subsidiary Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd. said the dispute was with Ma...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Consumer confidence in the euro zone improved slightly in June as worries subsided over the currency area's debt crisis, figures yesterday showed, but the longer view remains gloomy, pointing to weak economic growth.
The indicato...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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TOKYO (AP) — A disgruntled worker slammed his car into employees at a Mazda factory yesterday, killing one and injuring 10, stunning Japan just two years after an autoworker went on a deadly rampage in central Tokyo.
Toshiaki Hikiji, 42, was arrested...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) - US regulators are reconsidering the rules that govern high-speed Internet connections - wading into a bitter policy dispute that could be tied up in Congress and the courts for years.
Over the objections of the agency's two Republic...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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Butterfield Bank has dropped 2.85 percent (five cents) to $1.70 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 3,501 shares during the day.
The Ascendant Group Ltd. rose 20 cents (1.47 percent) to $13.80, with 2,300 shares changing ha...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's resource-heavy main stock index tumbled yesterday, pushed lower by weak commodity prices and a surprise drop in US home sales.
The index's energy sector fell 2.3 percent as Suncor Energy dropped 2.4 percent to C$33.73, a...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Airlines operating in the UK escaped an immediate switch in the way the government taxes passengers, with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne saying he will consult the industry on any major changes.
Osborne yesterday reit...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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An investor who has been trying to recover her money from a Bermuda-based fund company for the past three years with no success has received a boost in her battle to recoup the cash after the Bermuda Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that it pay her a ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a watchdog panel on yesterday pressed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on looming losses for banks and foreclosure relief for struggling homeowners, as he assured them that taxpayers are recovering their investment fro...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks fell more than one percent in yet another late-day sell-off yesterday as unexpectedly poor housing figures and the puncture of a key technical level sapped buying interest.
Stocks marked time in a thinly traded session ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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