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Butterfield Bank shares rose 10 cents (0.6 percent) to close at $18.10 yesterday on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index.
The bank also traded 19,573 shares.
Other big traders included Devonshire Industries Ltd. (3,350 shares), Bermuda Comm...
DATE: Feb 27, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street reversed earlier losses and rallied yesterday after IBM approved a $15 billion stock buy-back, suggesting to investors that there are still some companies out there with financial muscle. The Dow Jones industrial average r...
DATE: Feb 27, 2008
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Continued uncertainty over the capital remediation plans of Bermuda-based Security Capital Assurance (SCA) and the change in credit profile of XL Capital has led AM Best Co. to downgrade the debt rating of $134 million floating rate insured notes iss...
DATE: Feb 27, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index pushed higher for a third day in a row yesterday, propelled by strong financials and rising energy shares as oil hit a record high settlement.
The oil and energy group, which accounts for ab...
DATE: Feb 27, 2008
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Improving telecommunications links and connectivity in the Caribbean was the theme for a meeting held at Elbow Beach Hotel yesterday.
The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)'s 18th Executive Council meeting, which was hosted by Government, featu...
DATE: Feb 27, 2008
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Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. swung to a fourth-quarter loss due to an impairment charge and other items, but adjusted results managed to top analysts' estimates.
The Bermuda-based owner and manager of hotels, restaurants and other properties reported a...
DATE: Feb 27, 2008
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STOCKHOLM (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based West Siberian Resources Ltd., the Stockholm-traded oil producer operating in Russia, dropped the most in three months in Stockholm trading after saying sales in Russia fell short of analyst estimates.
West Siberi...
DATE: Feb 27, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street bolted higher yesterday after Standard & Poor's (S&P) affirmed its ratings for Ambac Financial Group Inc. and MBIA Inc., raising hopes that troubled bond insurers will emerge from the credit market crisis on a solid footin...
DATE: Feb 26, 2008
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The future of telecommunications in Bermuda is set to be discussed by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) at its 18th annual executive council held at the Elbow Beach Hotel today.
The CTU will also be hosting its fifth Caribbean Ministerial ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index finished strongly higher yesterday, supported by gains in energy and resource shares, and further lifted by relief over the health of US bond insurers.
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DATE: Feb 26, 2008
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