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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's consumer affairs watchdog won a legal victory yesterday in the first stage of a lengthy process that potentially paves the way for bank account holders to reclaim billions of pounds in fees.
The High Court ruling allows t...
DATE: Apr 25, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers and housebuilders delivered further evidence on yesterday of a sharp economic downturn, although official figures suggested consumers are showing surprising resilience.
The Office for National Statistics said ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2008
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XL Capital's senior vice-president Gavin Arton has been elected the new chairman of BF&M by the board of directors.
This followed the announcement that Glenn Titterton would be retiring as chairman at this week's Annual General Meeting of the shareho...
DATE: Apr 24, 2008
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Insurance and banking were the busiest sectors on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
BF&M Ltd. saw its share price sink 35 cents (1.6 percent) to close at $22, with 700 shares traded.
Meanwhile, Bermuda Commercial Bank Lt...
DATE: Apr 24, 2008
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The end is finally in sight for Bermuda Aviation Services Ltd.'s (BAS) long-running case against Government after a date was set for a decision by arbitration.
BAS took Government to court back in June 2007, filing a writ against Premier Ewart Brown...
DATE: Apr 24, 2008
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MUMBAI (Bloomberg) – Accenture Ltd., the world's second-largest technology-consulting company, plans to increase its workforce in India to 50,000 this year, CEO William Green said.
The Bermuda-based company, which currently employs 37,000 people in t...
DATE: Apr 24, 2008
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Bermuda-based Kiln and insurance broker Lockton have joined forces to offer insurance cover to companies concerned about breaches of data and reputational loss, which can cost companies millions of dollars.
The companies said as a result of serious d...
DATE: Apr 24, 2008
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Bermuda's re/insurance industry derives much of its success from being clustered together in one place, according to a leading US business school report.
The report, which was published by Professor J. David Cummins, a Harry J. Loman Professor Emerit...
DATE: Apr 24, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - XL Capital Ltd., the Bermuda-based business insurer, fell the most in almost four weeks of New York trading after first-quarter profit plunged 57 percent, missing analysts' estimates.
Net income fell to $244.4 million, or $1.20...
DATE: Apr 24, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index skidded nearly 200 points yesterday as falling bullion prices took the luster out of gold-mining stocks, and the energy sector was stung by profit-taking.
Shares of energy and resource compa...
DATE: Apr 24, 2008
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