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San Francisco (MarketWatch) — As oil keeps flowing from an uncapped well alongside the sunken hulk of the Deepwater Horizon, the insurance industry is becoming more concerned about the cost of the disaster. At first, the industry focused on the rig i...
DATE: May 06, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's resource-heavy main stock index tumbled yesterday for a third straight session, dragged lower by a slide in oil, as fears intensified that Greece's debt crisis could spread to other euro zone countries and derail economi...
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Mello Jones & Martin (MJM) partner Peter Martin has won the General Corporate category for Bermuda in the International Law Office Client Choice Awards 2010.
With more than 20 years of experience in corporate and commercial law, Mr. Martin regularly...
DATE: May 06, 2010
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BRUSSELS (Bloomberg) — European governments' debt burden may continue to swell for "some time", the European Commission said, as the Greek fiscal crisis threatens to spread and more nations risk having their credit ratings cut.
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DATE: May 06, 2010
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Lancashire Holdings Ltd. said yesterday its net loss from the sunken oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to be around $25 million.
The comment came as the company announced its first-quarter profit fell almost 80 percent,...
DATE: May 06, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top shares index shed 1.3 percent laid low by weaker banks, as euro zone debt contagion concerns intensified. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,341.93 points, down 69.18 or 1.28 percent.
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DATE: May 06, 2010
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MADRID (Bloomberg) — Spain's budget deficit will be larger than Greece's shortfall this year, the European Commission forecast, signalling the Madrid government's growth forecasts may be too optimistic.
Spain's budget deficit will decline to 9.8 perc...
DATE: May 06, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market extended its slide yesterday after investors couldn't shake their concerns about European countries' big debt loads.
The Dow Jones industrial average ended down about 59 points to put its two-day drop at 284. The Dow ...
DATE: May 06, 2010
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The winners of the student awards for TechWeek 2010 were announced yesterday.
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The top five student winners in the Colouring Book competition were 1st - Messiah Greaves, Harrington Sound Primary, 2nd - Cimeon Tyrrell, Harrington Sound ...
DATE: May 06, 2010
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Last week's column about Facebook and privacy was sparked off by an incident that occurred to a friend on the network. His wife had been stuck over in Europe during the closure of much of its airspace last month due to the ash cloud caused by an Icel...
DATE: May 05, 2010
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