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The iPhone has led some ski operators to become more honest about the state of the slopes, a sign that social networking applications coupled with mobile technology could lead to more business and price transparency across a whole range of sectors. T...
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Hedge fund boss faces bail hearing
NEW YORK (AP) -- Defense lawyers for wealthy hedge fund operator Raj Rajaratnam are returning to a federal courtroom to try to reduce his bail on insider trading charges.
The l...
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Bermuda insurance industry veteran Alan Cossar has been appointed chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).
Mr. Cossar, who has 33 years experience in the sector, 29 of which were spent with Aon Captive Services Grou...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell hard yesterday as resource prices came under pressure on news that China's central bank was tightening monetary policy at a faster than expected pace.
In its strongest step yet, China rocked global ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Calls for an inquiry into whether the New York Federal Reserve improperly urged insurer AIG to limit discussions of payments to banks grew yesterday as a senior lawmaker issued a subpoena for fuller disclosure.
The head of the ...
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Hedge funds post sold returns
NEW YORK – Hedge funds had their best annual performance in six years in 2009 as the global economy began recovering and investor confidence returned, according to Eurekahedge Pte. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index, track...
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XL joins a long list of Bermuda-based companies which have switched their places of incorporation in recent years - most notably its neighbours and rival insurers Ace Ltd.
Ace redomiciled its holding company from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland in ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernard Madoff's investment firm had assets in Canada, and the trustee liquidating the imprisoned Ponzi schemer's business is looking to hire a Montreal law firm to recover them.
In a filing late on Monday with Manhattan bankrupt...
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XL Capital plans move to Ireland from Caribbean
NEW YORK (AP) -- International insurer XL Capital Ltd. said Tuesday that it wants to change its place of incorporation to Ireland from the Cayman Islands...
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XL Capital Ltd. has announced it plans to redomicile to Ireland from the Cayman Islands as it became the latest Bermuda-based company to signal its intent to change its parent holding company's place of incorporation.
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