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Afriend of mine, a woman with some good sense, told me about a couple who had been persuaded to buy dinars, the Iraqi currency, as a great investment.
I thought she was joking and started laughing. But she was serious.
Investing in foreign currency c...
DATE: Jan 26, 2008
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Bermuda-based Ironshore Insurance achieved most of what it hoped for in a successful first year in business, but one of its primary aims remains outstanding — to establish a foothold in the London market.
Ironshore's chief executive officer Robert De...
DATE: Jan 26, 2008
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The utilities sector prospered as banking and insurance suffered in an interesting day's trading on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
BELCO Holdings Ltd. increased its share price by 25 cents (0.01 percent), to close up ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Alistair Darling watered down earlier proposals to reform capital gains tax yesterday, almost halving the rate for people selling business assets up to £1 million.
The move to introduce an "entrepreneurs' r...
DATE: Jan 26, 2008
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This week, I'm going to tell you something you already know, and give you some good advice you've heard before. Yet despite knowing what I'm about to tell you, you don't do it. I'm going to try to point out why you should do what you know to be right...
DATE: Jan 26, 2008
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A new member has joined Sbi's expanding team with the appointment of system engineer/consultant Thomas Reisinger.
Mr. Reisinger, who has worked in the field for the past 10 years, and has held the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert certification in ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2008
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LONDON (AP) - Danish beer maker Carlsberg A/S and its Dutch rival Heineken NV must formalise their multi-billion-pound joint offer for Scottish & Newcastle plc. (S&N) by today or abandon the bid altogether, Britain's takeover regulator said yesterday...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England (BoE) has room to manoeuvre on interest rates but policy appropriate for the US economy may not be suitable here, British finance minister Alistair Darling told parliament said yesterday.
His comments suggest th...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd. had the claims-paying ability of subsidiaries downgraded by Fitch Ratings after the company said its fourth-quarter net loss was as much as $1.2 billion.
XL's issuer default rating was revised to A from A+, as Fitch said in a statemen...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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LOM (Holdings) Ltd. continued its share repurchase drive by buying 21,500 of its own shares for cancellation at an average price of $3.59 per share.
The company currently has 6,360,500 shares of common stock outstanding, with the number of shares rep...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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