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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street finished mostly higher yesterday after billionaire investor Warren Buffett offered to help out troubled bond insurers, easing some of the market's concerns about further deterioration in the credit markets. The Dow Jones i...
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Bermuda will not dominate as the top insurance domicile of choice for start-up companies in the next decade in the same way as it has done the last ten years, according to analysts Standard & Poor's.
In a special report entitled "Competing Insurance ...
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British Airways announced a seat sale yesterday, which will offer a roundtrip fare to London for $686, with all taxes included.
Passengers must buy their tickets by February 22 to take advantage of the special fare for travel originating in Bermuda b...
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Insurance was the sector to be in on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index yesterday, with both Argus Group Holdings Ltd. and BF&M Ltd.'s share prices soaring.
Argus saw its share value increase by 70 cents (4.5 percent) to close up at $16.2...
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BOSTON (Bloomberg) - Legg Mason Inc. fund manager Bill Miller, the second-biggest shareholder of Yahoo! Inc., said Microsoft Corp. will need to raise its $44.6 billion offer to buy the Internet company.
"We think Microsoft will need to enhance its of...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Early gains on the Toronto Stock Exchange's main index evaporated yesterday, leaving the index lower as a sell-off of miners undercut optimism over a rescue plan for US bond insurers.
The materials sector slid 2.1 percent, while F...
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LONDON (Reuters) - The British government dismissed speculation yesterday it was about to roll back on a levy on wealthy foreigners who have so far been able to legally avoid paying UK tax.
Finance minister Alistair Darling had announced a plan in Oc...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling moved to reassure rich foreigners over plans to close a UK tax loophole, promising not to probe into their overseas earnings if they choose to pay a new levy.
The Treasury said it wo...
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Bank users will be able to get hold of their money quite literally 'on the go' thanks to a new mobile ATM service launched by the Bank of Bermuda.
The Mobile ATM, which is the first of its kind and was officially unveiled at Albouys Point yesterday, ...
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Brian Duperreault has stepped down as non-executive chairman from the Butterfield Bank board in a reshuffle which sees Robert Mulderig take over the post.
Mr. Duperreault, who has been a member of the board since 1996 and non-executive chairman since...
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