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Shareholders have approved XL Capital Ltd.'s plan to redomesticate to Ireland and to change its name to "XL Group".
The Bermuda-based global re/insurer announced the news late on Friday after a special shareholders meeting and added that it hoped to ...
DATE: May 02, 2010
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Retirees (and those contemplating retirement) have only one fear (and it is a big thing) that keeps them awake at night, health: their health in old age and the never ending increases in health care costs.
They know that eventually (in very old age) ...
DATE: May 01, 2010
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Locals stocks plunged to their lowest level in 11-and-a-half years as utilities company Ascendant Group fell yesterday.
Ascendant fell 50 cents, or 3.6 percent, to close the day on $13.50 as 1,000 shares were exchanged.
On Thursday, Ascendant, the ow...
DATE: May 01, 2010
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She was late, but I was willing to give the 20-something job applicant some leeway, given the horrendous Washington traffic.
Maybe something happened to her. As time passed, I finally called her. She answered with a text message and then left a rambl...
DATE: May 01, 2010
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It's good to have some commodities in your portfolio, according to a recent academic study slated for publication in the Journal of Investing. The study, "Is Now the Time to Add Commodities to Your Portfolio?", asserts that commodities are a valuable...
DATE: May 01, 2010
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Sometimes — especially when a bear market awakens from its hibernation — investors begin to feel the urge to take a flier on a higher-risk mutual fund.
Which can be OK. Having a very small portion of your holdings in speculative choices can be accept...
DATE: May 01, 2010
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Digicel has expanded its business empire with the launch of a new state-of-the-art store in the heart of the North East Hamilton Economic Empowerment Zone (EEZ).
The mobile phone provider, which officially opened its doors in Court Street yesterday w...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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Butterfield Bank investors were given an insight into the bank's rights share offering at a meeting held by its management team at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess yesterday.
It was the first opportunity shareholders had to grill CEO Bradford Kopp and ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Books, music and games retailer HMV Group said yesterday that sales fell by seven percent in the 16 weeks to April 24 though the company achieved a small gain for the full year.
HMV said total sales for the year are up 1.4 percent, but ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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LONDON — Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC yesterday reported that first-quarter profit rose by 29 percent, but cautioned that comparisons will be tougher in the second half of the year when a key patent expires.
For the three mont...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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