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Information technology company GMD Consulting Ltd. has been invited to present on Bermuda's Electronic Vehicle Registration system (EVR) by the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) in Boston next week.
GMD consultant and pres...
DATE: May 20, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is steeling itself for painful spending cuts, but the good times are still rolling for the rich, including the bankers blamed by many for the country's economic woes.
Rescued by taxpayer money, banks are booming again, whil...
DATE: May 20, 2010
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RenaissanceRe's board of directors has authorised an increase in the reinsurer's stock repurchase plan to a total of $500 million.
And the company also announced a quarterly dividend of 25 cents, unchanged from the preceding quarter.
The dividend is ...
DATE: May 20, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have succeeded in blocking for the time being a final Senate vote on a massive financial regulation bill.
The two parties are still tussling over how to dispose of unresolved amendments.
The vote 57-42 to cut off debate ...
DATE: May 20, 2010
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Rating agency AM Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (excellent) and issuer credit ratings of "a" of Bermuda-based reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Group.
The outlook for all ratings is stable.
Best said the ratings reflect the gr...
DATE: May 20, 2010
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FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) - Europe's banks are facing déjà vu. Less than two years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., fresh tremors in the debt markets are threatening to shake the financial system.
This time the concern is not about su...
DATE: May 19, 2010
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece received 14.5 billion euros in bailout loans from 10 other European Union (EU) countries yesterday, the finance ministry said, just a day before a crucial debt refinancing deadline that threatened the country with default...
DATE: May 19, 2010
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks fell for a fourth day as the US dollar neared a four-year high against the euro after Germany planned to ban certain types of bearish investments and oil dropped for a sixth straight day.
Imperial Oil Ltd., Canad...
DATE: May 19, 2010
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BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union (EU) governments overrode British objections - and US worries - by agreeing yesterday to tighten rules for freewheeling hedge funds, a move some fear will block American funds from the region and cause the lucrative ind...
DATE: May 19, 2010
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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings is no longer a Bermuda-based company.
Yesterday the class of 2005 reinsurer announced it had completed the change of corporate domicile to Luxembourg, after the completion of legal formalities in Bermuda and the tiny Gr...
DATE: May 19, 2010
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