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Butterfield Bank's preference shares were the only movers on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank's shares rose $25 in value to $250, with a total of 479 traded, while it also saw 48,340 common shares change hands, but the price held ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Frontline Ltd., the world's largest operator of supertankers, rose the most in six weeks in Oslo trading after second-quarter profit beat analyst estimates.
Net income fell to $27.8 million, or 36 cents a share, from $318.4 milli...
DATE: Aug 31, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Household income in the US is essentially stagnant, raising doubts about whether consumers already hurt by job losses can sustain an economic recovery.
The now-ended Cash for Clunkers programme helped lift consumer spending last mon...
DATE: Aug 31, 2009
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Consumers have been getting letters from their credit card issuers announcing deep cuts in their credit lines.
But not to worry, says a new study by FICO (formerly Fair Isaac), the creator of the widely used credit-scoring system. If you don't carry ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2009
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Stock dividends assume greater importance - again. It's been more than six years since I've written on the investment validity of considering consistent dividend-paying stocks. We've been through another complete market cycle and when there is a down...
DATE: Aug 29, 2009
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In matters of the heart, we are told that opposites attract. Yet new research into marriage in the US shows that, in reality, the most successful marriages take place between the like-minded, especially where their attitudes to money are concerned.
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DATE: Aug 29, 2009
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Local stocks were unchanged yesterday, as Butterfield Bank dominated the day's thin trading activity on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).
The bank's common shares remained on $5.05, after 9,300 shares changed hands.
Butterfield's preference shares, s...
DATE: Aug 29, 2009
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Q. My OfficeMax Inc. shares have done better lately. What does the future hold? — P.K., via the Internet
A. The No. 3 US office products firm is continuing its cost-cutting efforts in an attempt to improve its profitability and sales in a highly comp...
DATE: Aug 29, 2009
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Some of the Island's building contractors were presented with their certificates by acting Finance Minister Michael Scott and the Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation (BSBDC) after successfully completing the fifth Small Business Constructi...
DATE: Aug 28, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Treasury and industry groups yesterday poured cold water on support from the country's top market regulator for a global tax to curb excessive bank bonuses.
Financial Services Authority chairman, Adair Turner, sparked indust...
DATE: Aug 28, 2009
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