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PARIS (Bloomberg) - EDF Energies Nouvelles SA, a unit of Europe's biggest power generator, and Renewable Energy Holdings plc. plan to start their first projects to harness wave power in Europe, Canada and Bermuda after a 59-percent increase in oil ma...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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BUENOS AIRES (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City president Thomas Hoenig said for economies to work best, institutions must be allowed to 'fail'.
Economies must "find a balance between financial stability and a stable price environment ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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In the recent gabfest for central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming the nabobs of monetary policy, and assorted talking heads, were at a loss to give much guidance on the direction in which we are heading. And, of course, there was much merriment amon...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd., a Lloyd's of London insurer, said first-half profit rose 10 percent, helped by underwriting at its new 38Twenty syndicate.
Net income for the six months ended June 30 increased to £7.37 million ($...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Much is being made of a warning by British finance minister Alistair Darling over the economy this weekend but the reality is the characteristically candid Scot was not saying anything new.
The British media ran riot after Darling'...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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Cheryl Hayward-Chew has gone from dispensing for customers' medical needs to booking their holidays in what has proved to be both an interesting and varied career.
Having qualified as a pharmacist and dispensed medicine for 10 years, she then decided...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Hurricane Gustav, the storm that hit Louisiana yesterday, will trigger insurance claims "significantly smaller than Katrina," said Robert Muir-Wood, head of research for Risk Management Solutions Inc.
The hurricane will cause "...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Investors looking for Canadian stock bargains will find cut-rate prices in the base metals space, but analysts caution that a rebound may take a while, as sluggish demand could continue pressure on metal prices.
Mining stocks have...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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Stocks completed a miserable week on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index, with four companies seein their share prices fall.
The biggest losers were the utilities firms, Belco Holdings Ltd. and KeyTech Ltd., which fell $1.45 (6.9 percent) ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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The Chamber of Commerce has appointed Carrie Stroble as its new marketing and events co-ordinator.
Ms Stroble, who is a spouse of a Bermudian, having moved to the Island from Edmonton, Alberta in September 2002, has worked at Aqua restaurant in Ariel...
DATE: Sep 02, 2008
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