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TORONTO (Reuters) - Gains on the Toronto Stock Exchange fizzled out yesterday, sending the main index slightly lower on profit-taking, following a strong run-up spurred by record high oil prices.
The energy sector, which earlier rose by as much as 1....
DATE: Apr 29, 2008
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The Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation is hosting a marketing seminar today.
The breakfast seminar is the first of its quarterly business workshops entitled Marketing Matters. It will provide small to medium sized business owners with ide...
DATE: Apr 29, 2008
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The global expansion of Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. continued yesterday when the 'Class of 2005' reinsurer agreed to buy a stake of up to 29.9 percent in Cyprus-based Alliance International Reinsurance Public Company Ltd.
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DATE: Apr 29, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Property repossessions are expected to jump almost a quarter this year, as the fall-out from the credit crunch takes hold, a leading economic consultancy said yesterday.
The number of mortgaged properties that will be repossessed i...
DATE: Apr 29, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — The collective wealth of Britain's 1,000 richest people went up by nearly 15 percent last year, and more than half the country's 75 billionaires are foreign-born, according to a list published by the Sunday Times newspaper.
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DATE: Apr 29, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Aquarius Platinum Ltd., a producer of the metal in South Africa and Zimbabwe, rose the most in a month in London trading after Seymour Pierce Ltd. raised its rating on the stock and platinum advanced.
The shares rose 67.5 pence, ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2008
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Bermuda residents Brian and Nancy Duperreault will receive honorary degrees from Philadelphia's Saint Joseph's University at the Class of 2008 commencement exercises.
They will be honoured with doctor of humanities degrees and Mr. Duperreault will de...
DATE: Apr 28, 2008
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HOUSTON (AP) — Oil's meteoric rise to near $120 a barrel looks like more than just another economic bubble — growing demand and tighter supplies are likely to keep prices high. Some analysts say even $200 a barrel would not be out of the question.
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DATE: Apr 28, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Security Capital Assurance Ltd., the bond insurer that stopped writing most new business, cut chief executive officer Paul Giordano's pay by more than half and plans to change the company name to Syncora Holdings ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2008
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Bloomberg) — Cosan SA Industria e Comercio, the world's biggest sugar-cane processor and a subsidiary of bermuda-based Cosan Ltd., agreed to buy more than 1,500 Brazilian service stations and other assets from Exxon Mobil Corp. for $8...
DATE: Apr 28, 2008
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