76339 results returned for search: "" category "Business"
Butterfield Bank was the only trader on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The bank saw 1,148 shares change hands, but its share price held firm at $5.25.
Overall, the Index opened and closed at 2,327.01, with 1,148 share...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
NEW YORK (AP) - Move over, iPhone. You've had two years on top of the smart phone world. Now there's a touch-screen phone with better software: the Palm Pre.
In a remarkable achievement, Palm Inc., a company that was something of a has-been, has come...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Running one of Bermuda's top telecommunications businesses 24 hours a day, seven days a week would be a steep challenge for the best of us.
But for Wayne Caines, CEO of Digicel, who marked his first year in office last Wednesday, it has been a seamle...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
LONDON (Bloomberg) — Insurance executives expect the industry to grow during the next 12 months and remain concerned over the impact of the financial crisis, KPMG International said, citing a survey.
Fifty-five percent of managers in the insurance in...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) - Google Inc. chief financial officer Patrick Pichette said the company is being careful about spending and that employees have become more attuned to eliminating waste since he arrived at the company.
Google has stopped pro...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
SEATTLE (Bloomberg) - Microsoft Corp.'s effort to gain ground on Google Inc. with its new Bing search engine got a boost yesterday from data showing an increase in its share of US search results, according to ComScore Inc.
Microsoft's share rose to 1...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
IPC Holdings Ltd.'s board of directors last night said that Validus Holdings Ltd.'s latest sweetened takeover offer would not be in the best interests of IPC shareholders.
And Max Capital Group Ltd., which has agreed to merge with IPC, said Validus w...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Bermuda has received recognition from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for its efforts to get onto the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) "white list".
Government marked the Island's ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) - Apple Inc.'s developer conference on Monday gave investors a new opportunity to see the company at work without Steve Jobs.
The company unveiled a faster iPhone and cut prices on its MacBook Pro notebooks, relying on a tea...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cooper Industries Ltd said yesterday its board has approved a plan to reincorporate from Bermuda to Ireland, and will ask its shareholders to approve it, becoming the latest industrial company to move its incorporation out of Ber...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
