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MADRID (AP) — Spain's borrowing costs rose significantly yesterday in its first debt auction since its credit rating was downgraded last week by Standard & Poor's amid concerns it might be hit by a Greek-style debt crisis.
The Spanish Treasury said i...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Bermuda reinsurer PartnerRe yesterday announced net income of nearly $80 million in a first quarter that produced more than $330 million in catastrophe losses.
February's earthquake in Chile and European windstorm Xynthia were the two most expensive ...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Banking at HSBC Bermuda is about to get a whole new 21st-century look.
The Harbourview Centre, on the site of the former Trimingham's department store, will open to customers next Monday and give them a facility that looks nothing like any bank ever ...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Net income: $133.7 million compared to $131.4 million in 2009
Combined ratio: 99.5 percent compared to 75 percent in 2009
Gross premiums written: $504.2 million compared to $479.6 million in 2009
DATE: May 07, 2010
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BC-US--Casino Report Card, 2nd Ld-Writethru,0710
Report: Revenue, jobs decline again at US casinos
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Revenue and employment sank at the nation's commercial casinos for the second straight year in 2009 as consumers kept tight...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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ATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) - The Greek parliament prepared to adopt a harsh austerity plan in the face of violent unrest, as European Central Bank inaction disappointed markets fearful a debt crisis will engulf the euro zone.
The euro and world stocks f...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Six days of lost flying caused by Iceland's volcano eruption slashed British Airways' passenger numbers by nearly a quarter in April, the airline said yesterday.
Traffic measured in revenue passenger kilometres — the total number of kil...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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Investors scrambled to get in on the Butterfield Bank rights issue offer with 5,892,578 shares changing hands on the last day of trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday as its price rose 42.85 percent (three cents) to 10 cents.
The bank...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market had one of its most turbulent days in history as the Dow Jones industrials dropped almost 1,000 points in less than half-an-hour on fears that Greece's debt problems could halt the global economic recovery.
The market...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's leading shares fell for the fourth straight session, led by heavy losses in banks and miners weighed by uncertainty over euro zone debt concerns, as Britain's electorate went to the polls.
The FTSE 100 index closed down 80.94 point...
DATE: May 07, 2010
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