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First Atlantic Commerce Ltd. (FAC) has launched a suite of "card-not-present" consumer pre-authentication solutions aimed at reducing online payment fraud, enhancing real-time payment fraud reporting, and mitigating Internet payment related risks, fo...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush and the two men fighting to succeed him joined forces at a historic White House meeting yesterday, trying to sell resistant lawmakers on a multibillion-dollar bailout plan for Wall Street aimed at staving off what the...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) – Ram Reinsurance Co. Ltd. said it is "disappointed" with the decision by Standard & Poor's (S&P) to cut its credit rating based on a slowdown in new business.
S&P reduced Bermuda-based Ram Re's financial strength rating two grad...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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What can you do to ensure you are investing your pension contributions sensibly? Some tips from Argus on how to cope with difficult market conditions:
Recognise that fluctuations in the value of your account will occur. Your statement is only a snaps...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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Stock prices fell in the utilities sector on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
KeyTech Ltd. dropped the most, by $1.25 (10.2 percent) to close at $11, with 1,000 shares traded, while Belco Holdings Ltd. declined $1.05 (5...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Orders for costly US manufactured goods plunged in August and new-home sales hit a 17-year low, while new claims for jobless benefits shot up last week, according to government reports yesterday that showed the economy rapidly ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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HARTFORD (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc. shareholders lost as much as $1.4 billion because of a fraud that led to the convictions of five insurance executives, US prosecutors told a judge.
US District Judge Christopher Droney may sent...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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OSLO (Reuters) – Frontline, the world's biggest independent oil tanker shipping group, sees stronger markets and merger and acquisition opportunities in the coming months on the back of lower valuations hit by economic woes.
Norwegian-listed, Bermuda...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US lawmakers appeared close to a final agreement yesterday on a massive $700 billion bailout to save the financial system, lifting world stock markets and sending the dollar higher.
News of a tentative agreement stabilised bele...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland became the first euro zone country to slide into recession this year, with economic activity in the former "Celtic Tiger" at its weakest in a quarter of a century after its property bubble burst.
Gross domestic product (GDP...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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