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BEIJING (Reuters) - A surge in construction and real estate spending, a double-digit increase in power use, a rise in foreign direct investment and a bullish export forecast added yesterday to growing confidence about China's economic prospects.
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DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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Butterfield Bank said yesterday that Butterfield Trust was named Institutional Trust Company Team of the Year at the annual Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Awards (STEP) on 13 October.
Bob Moore, managing director of Butterfield Bank (Guern...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) — China's inflows of speculative capital will increase as investors bet on currency gains, adding to the threat of asset-price bubbles next year, Capital Economics Ltd. said.
"Hot money" flows "are likely to rise as probable loose...
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Bermuda yesterday brought its total of signed tax information exchange agreements up to 17 by inking a deal with Mexico.
Finance Minister Paula Cox and her Mexican counterpart Agustin Carstens signed the agreement, which will provide for a full excha...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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Last year's combination of high catastrophe losses and shrinking investment income could have led to a "perfect storm" this year in the Bermuda market for property reinsurance — but it hasn't worked out that way.
That is one of the views expressed by...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) — Citigroup provided a sobering reminder yesterday that the economy is still struggling, reporting that its third-quarter results were weighed down by billions of dollars in failed loans.
The bank reported a $101 millio...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the investment bank liquidating in bankruptcy, paid its advisers $417.4 million for 12 months of work, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Restructuring firm Alva...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - A late-day surge left stocks with modest advances yesterday as a jump in the price of oil lifted energy companies and offset weakness in bank shares.
The gains came a day after strong profit reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Intel...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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The limited tax amnesty deadline for US citizens to come clean about their offshore investments passed this week with little impact for Bermuda, according to Finance Minister Paula Cox.
Speaking from Mexico City to Bloomberg Television's Margaret Bre...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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The Fairmont Southampton has switched its target market from the group business sector to the leisure arena with the appointment of two new senior industry professionals to boost its spa, golf and tennis facilities.
The hotel's group business trade h...
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