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Sales fever swept across Hamilton yesterday with stores slashing prices on goods and shoppers flocking to snap up the bargains.
A quick trip around town, along Reid Street, down to Front Street and back via Queen Street revealed a flurry of red and w...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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Gyms across Bermuda are bracing themselves for an upturn in new members as residents aim to stick to their New Year's resolutions and burn off the excess Christmas turkey and pudding.
A number of gyms have been offering incentives such as discounts, ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — The British pound fell to a record low against the euro yesterday, flirting with one pound per euro as two gloomy economic forecasts stoked expectations that the Bank of England will make further interest rate cuts next year.
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DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — US retailers face a wave of store closings, bankruptcies and takeovers starting next month as holiday sales are shaping up to be the worst in 40 years.
Retailers will close 12,000 stores in 2009, according to Howard Davidowitz,...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street retreated yesterday as continuing violence in the Middle East and a resulting jump in oil prices reminded investors that the market could face problems beyond the recession. The collapse of a Dow Chemical Co. joint venture...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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BERLIN (AP) — Insurers' losses from natural disasters rose by about 50 percent in 2008, with Caribbean hurricanes Ike and Gustav powering the increase and climate change increasingly a factor, a leading reinsurer said yesterday.
Munich Re AG said in ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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Butterfield Bank was the only trader on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The bank saw its share price drop five cents (0.46 percent) to $10.60, with 11,740 shares traded.
Overall the Index fell 8.74 points (0.26 percent...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) - Allianz SE's industrial insurance unit will no longer provide so-called "fronting" for competitors XL Capital Ltd. and American International Group Inc., Financial Times Deutschland (FTCD) aid, citing an interview with divisio...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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Lawson Mapp has quite literally proved that his whole career and business is a "sign of the times".
For the former Mayor of Hamilton, who runs Mapp Signs Ltd. based in North Road, Pembroke, celebrated 40 years in business on December 27.
And during t...
DATE: Dec 29, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the insurer that's promised more than $450 million to employees to get them to stay, has lost at least 20 managers to competitors including several Bermuda companies.
Hiscox, Ironshore, Arch, ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2008
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