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The boss of Bermuda-based re/insurer Catlin Group Ltd. has admitted that insurers have "got lucky" in that only about 20 percent of the losses so far from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have been borne by the industry.
Stephen Catlin, the company's chi...
DATE: Jun 07, 2010
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Index bounced back last week with a rise of more than eight percent.
Butterfield Bank was the main driver, soaring 32.1 percent, jumping from $1.45 to $1.85. At one stage in the week, the bank was trad...
DATE: Jun 07, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jobs are hard to come by, debt problems are hobbling several European countries and oil is spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. With news like that, it's hard to see how the stock market can pull out of its slump.
Many traders expect ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The dollar surged to its highest level against the euro in more than four years on Friday as a report showed hiring in the US remains weak, while a Hungarian official's warning about the state of his country's economy deepened anxiety...
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OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett always tries to make sure that anyone who's willing to make a seven-figure donation just to have lunch with the investor gets their money's worth, so the meals often last more than three hours.
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The arrival of May means the beginning of a six-month period in the stock market when returns are mediocre and often negative. Since 1950, the Dow Jones Industrial average has returned roughly 7.4 percent from November through April and a paltry 0.4 ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2010
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NEWSMAKER-Wall St's critic Barney Frank now its source of hope
+ Pragmatic liberal Frank leads financial reg talks
+ Frank has keen understanding of financial markets
+ Industry confident will get fair hearin...
DATE: Jun 07, 2010
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Foxconn workers in China will get another pay raise in coming months, on top of an increase that just took effect in response to recent worker suicides, the company said yesterday.
Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group said sala...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Bay Street take note: Canada's venture capital industry is neither dead nor dying. Major US and Canadian companies are catching on to what some are already calling a sea change in Canada, where transactions were quietly announced ...
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GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government is hoping to rid itself of a long-running headache over banking secrecy tomorrow when lawmakers are expected to approve a treaty to hand files on thousands of suspected tax cheats to US authorities.
A stand-off amon...
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