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The impact of the credit crunch on insurance claims and recent developments in the wake of the Madoff Ponzi scheme fraud will be among some of the key talking points at an insurance seminar held at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute today.
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks rose for a second day as commodity producers rallied after an interest rate increase in Australia weakened the US dollar and lifted the prices of fuel and raw materials.
Goldcorp Inc., Canada's second-largest bul...
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Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. has announced the launch of a new global division to provide accident and health re/insurance coverage.
Christopher DiSipio was appointed chief executive officer of the newly-formed Axis Global Accident & Health division in...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Sustainable economic growth and low interest rates worldwide will spur a "multi-year" bull market in equities, led by developing nations, said Fidelity International's Anthony Bolton.
"Low growth means low interest rates, and act...
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Businesses will be able to register in Bermuda online more quickly and easily thanks to a new automated e-filing and e-approval system launched by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).
The new system, which was unveiled by the BMA yesterday, will upg...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Verizon Wireless, the largest US mobile-phone company, will start selling handsets based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, aiming to challenge AT&T Inc.'s iPhone.
Google and Verizon Wireless will develop several Androi...
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Bermuda-based Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. has sold the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans, the company announced yesterday.
The company sold the property to The Berger Company, Inc. for $44.25 million.
Orient-Express president and chief executive offi...
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Bermuda-based corporate credit manager Primus Guaranty said one of its subsidiaries had paid $6.5 million to terminate a major portfolio of credi-default swaps.
The deal between Primus Financial Products and "a significant counterparty", who was not ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Investors barreled into stocks for a second day, betting that corporate profits will surge as the global economy recovers.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 132 points, bringing its two-day advance to 244, as major stock indicator...
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LONDON (AP) — British Airways PLC is shedding 1,000 jobs, putting 3,000 more employees on part-time work and reducing the size of cabin crews at Heathrow in an effort to get the troubled airline's finances back in order, a spokesman said yesterday.
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