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Bank of Bermuda chief executive officer Philip Butterfield is unconcerned by major local rival Butterfield Bank getting a helping hand from Government to boost its capital base.
The deal which saw Government guarantee the principal and dividends on $...
DATE: Mar 11, 2009
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Bermuda Air Conditioning Ltd. (BAC) is bucking the trend of many companies by raising its investment in Bermuda as the current economic crisis deepens.
Mills Creek Properties Ltd., a subsidiary of BAC, yesterday announced that it had just broken grou...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will officially start quantitative easing — effectively printing money to help pull the economy out of recession — today with the Bank of England offering to buy £2 billion of government bonds.
That will only be the first s...
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Butterfield Bank is hopeful that a substantial portion of the $200 million of preferred stock it is issung with Government guarantees will be subscribed by private buyers.
In an historic agreement announced last Friday, Government agreed to guarantee...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon.com Inc. has received a lot of attention and respectable sales for its Kindle e-book reader, but it has hardly made a dent in the hardcover armour of the old-fashioned paper book.
Last week, the Internet company revealed anothe...
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BF&M Ltd. chief executive officer John Wight says training to be a chartered accountant is well worth the effort — despite the widespread job losses seen in the financial sector in recent months.
Mr. Wight, who is chairman of the Institute of Charter...
DATE: Mar 10, 2009
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Motivation and hard work has made her the first to cross the finishing line of numerous races. Victoria Fiddick, one of Bermuda's most successful female runners now shares her expertise through her running classes which have proven popular, especiall...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Bermuda-based MF Global Ltd.'s London brokerage unit is being sued for at least £9.3 million ($12.8 million) by a day trader who says an account manager misrepresented his results.
Lawyers for Raj Gill, an independent trader, sai...
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Householders enjoyed some respite from the ever-rising cost of living in Bermuda as the price of electricity per kilowatt-hour fell 1.8 percent in January, according to the latest figures released by Government.
And electricity prices have fallen mor...
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Flowers could be set to come back into fashion in style in Bermuda thanks to a new florist shop in St. George's.
Alison Bardgett, owner and designer at East End Flower Alley, which is based in 3 Bridge Street and opened its doors three weeks ago, is ...
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