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The capitalisation of Bermuda's reinsurance industry rose more than 20 percent to reach $129 billion by the end of the third quarter of 2007.
That staggering figure is greater than the 2006 gross domestic product of many countries, including Pakistan...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index came back from big early losses to finish higher yesterday, as firm banking and resource issues helped yank the index higher.
Heightened investor expectations of further interest rate cuts h...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The next bubble to deflate may be Alan Greenspan's reputation.
Hailed as perhaps the greatest central banker who ever lived when he left the Federal Reserve in 2006, Greenspan is under attack from critics ranging from the New Y...
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NEW YORK (AP) — British Airways plans to launch a new airline in June that will offer direct service between New York and the European mainland, catering mainly to business and affluent leisure travellers.
The new carrier, named "OpenSkies," will beg...
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It proved to be a quiet day on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX), with only Butterfield Bank doing any trading yesterday.
The Bank saw its share price drop five cents (0.3 percent) to close at $17.90, with 6,166 shares changing han...
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Carl Nanton epitomises the work of the Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII), having firstly studied courses there, he now finds himself training its students.
Mr. Nanton, who doubles as the assistant vice-president of life and pensions at the Argus Grou...
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Butterfield Bank has been named Best Local Private Bank in the Caribbean and Best Local Private Bank in Bermuda by Euromoney magazine.
These two awards mark the first time Butterfield Bank has won a 'Best in Region' category from Euromoney, but follo...
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Scottish Re Group Ltd. has appointed David Carrick as senior vice-president and group controller.
The appointment was made effective January 1, 2008., and Mr. Carrick, who is based at the company's headquarters in Hamilton, will report to Terry Eleft...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A volatile Wall Street advanced yesterday for the second day in a row, as investors found renewed confidence in a report that Bank of America Corp. is close to buying struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp.
After seesaw...
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Leading global banking investment firm Goldman Sachs has advised investors to put their money into three top insurance companies based in Bermuda.
Goldman told them to own insurers that are best positioned to weather the downturn in the industry's cy...
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