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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland casts its drive to tighten up on banks and markets as the next leg of its economic recovery, but it risks more than most in the post-financial crisis pursuit of more aggressive regulation.
Until 2008, Dublin had boomed for ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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PartnerRe Ltd. last night announced that it has priced, through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary PartnerRe Finance B LLC, $500 million of 10-year fixed rate 5.50 percent senior notes.
The senior notes will be fully and unconditionally guarantee...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index managed to push higher in choppy trade yesterday, after two days of losses, as oil prices firmed and trade data from China helped lift some mining issues.
The oil and gas sector climbed 0.9 percent as th...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain plans to force banks to reveal how many of their staff get high pay packages, in steps that go further than previous proposals, financial services minister Paul Myners said yesterday.
The proposals - which would come into f...
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Butterfield Bank's common shares dipped 27.08 percent (65 cents) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 31,700 shares to close at $1.75.
The Ascendant Group Ltd. also slid one percent (15 cents) to $14.75, with 3,000 shares ch...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. said it started a secondary public offering of 16.4 million of its shares owned by Dexia SA.
All shares being offered are being sold by the selling shareholder and Assured Guaran...
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BOSTON (AP) - The chief executive of global insurer XL Capital Ltd. received a pay package valued at $6.2 million last year, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing.
The compensation figure is down 17 percent from the previou...
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BC-DUBAIWORLD-BANKS/ (UPDATE 1)
UPDATE 1-Dubai creditors to get multiple options -sources
+ Multi-tranche restructuring proposal considered
+ Size of 'haircut' depends on Abu Dhabi aid
+ Markets steady ahead of any announcement (Adds further details)...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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A potential solution to help reduce the cost of funding Government debt and strengthen Bermuda's economic stability through the issue of Government bonds was put to the Ministry of Finance almost one year ago by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, The R...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou yesterday proposed a ban on derivative trading techniques that increase debt costs for countries like Greece which struggle to cut their deficits.
In an interview on CNBC televisio...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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