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A figure of 36 percent of residents who know of someone who has lost their job in the past year as calculated from a poll by Research.bm comes as no great shock to one of the Island's top employment experts.
Doug Soares, partner at Expertise Ltd., sa...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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Net income: $566.7 million compared to 151.7 million in 2008
Combined ratio: 78.1 percent compared to 95.5 percent in 2008
Gross premiums written: $893.7 million compared to $868.6 million in 2008
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks fell for a second day, led by energy and raw-materials producers, as a rebounding US dollar weighed on commodity prices.
Suncor Energy Inc., Canada's largest energy producer, dropped two percent as crude oil drop...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Marvell Technology Group Ltd., maker of the processor that runs BlackBerry smart phones, raised its revenue forecast for the quarter ending October 31 on higher demand "within multiple end markets".
Sales wil...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three former Marsh Inc executives were acquitted yesterday of criminal charges in a bid-rigging and price-fixing scheme in which they were accused of colluding to steer clients to favoured insurers.
Joseph Peiser, who led Marsh's...
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Like blogging, Twitter is a terrific way to reinforce your personal brand by showing your professional expertise and helping people. To find a job with Twitter, keep this in mind all the time.
I used all the following tips to create my own Twitter pr...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Cabin crew at British Airways PLC will be balloted about whether to strike over cost-cutting plans by the airline's management, the Unite union said yesterday.
Unite said it will ask 14,000 of its members to vote on a walkout at a meeti...
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Net income: $274.4 million compared to $26.4 million in the third quarter of 2008.
Gross premiums written: $937.3 million compared to $903.5 million in 2008.
Combined ratio: 90 percent compared to 105.3 percent in 2008
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new york (Bloomberg) — The insurance regulators of France, Australia and the Netherlands joined an international agreement to facilitate cross-border supervision of the industry, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors said today in an...
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Kentucky Fried Chicken Bermuda Ltd. proved to be a tasty choice for investors as it rose 95 cents (17.27 percent) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The fast food outlet traded 1,000 shares to close the day at $6.45.
Staying in the consum...
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