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HONG KONG (AP) — China will slow its massive lending spree and step up monitoring of banks as it tries to prevent speculative bubbles in real estate and other assets while keeping the country's economic recovery on track, a top regulator said yesterd...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010
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The Total Group (TTG) has acquired a controlling interest in Bermuda Export Sea Transfer Ltd., which trades as BEST Shipping.
BEST president and chief executive officer David Sousa said both companies would benefit from the deal through the combinati...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010
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Entrepreneurs and small businesses should be able to look forward to a better year in 2010 as they start to put the economic downturn behind them.
That is the view of Michelle Khaldun, general manager of the Bermuda Small Business Development Corpora...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010
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CellularOne has announced that its customers can make donations to the Haiti earthquake victims via text messages from their mobile devices.
CellularOne's postpaid customers will receive an SMS text message appealing for donations.
Postpaid customers...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — The union representing British Airways cabin crew said yesterday that it would not call a strike during the busy Easter holiday period in April.
Cabin crew represented by the Unite union will vote next week on whether to authorise a str...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010
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HSBC Bank of Bermuda has undergone some big changes since CEO Philip Butterfield took over at the helm six years ago.
The bank has gone from being the local Bank of Bermuda to becoming a major global player as part of the HSBC group.
But possibly one...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Bermuda-based investment firm WP Stewart & Co. Ltd. marked its 35th anniversary by announcing a net return of 33.7 percent for its clients in 2009.
The company has been through a difficult period in recent years, having posted some hefty losses as as...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Investors moved back into stocks on hopes that an election in Massachusetts will weaken Senate Democrats and make it harder for President Barack Obama to make changes to health care.
The vote yesterday to fill the seat of late Senator...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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The fastest country in the world in terms of the Internet is South Korea, with an average broadband speed of 14.6 Mbps.
South Korea was followed by Japan, (7.9 Mbps), Hong Kong, Romania, Sweden and Ireland, according to the latest quarterly State of ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Business leaders and school principals met yesterday to discuss ways of turning around the Island's education system.
And the forum — a joint initiative between the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) and the Ministry of Education —...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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