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Sovereign wealth funds rule the world: Is this the largest change in financial influence in our lifetime? According to an excellent article in The Sunday Times (October 28) by Ben Laurance and Louise Armitstead, the power of sovereign funds is rising...
DATE: Dec 08, 2007
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The consumer sector was where all the big movers were on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
Kentucky Fried Chicken Bermuda boosted its share value by $1 (0.17 percent) to close up at $7, with 600 shares traded, while Devo...
DATE: Dec 08, 2007
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The online discussions I host give me an opportunity to see the financial issues that trouble people the most. Often what I find are people racked with fear.
And the fear isn't just displayed by folks deeply in debt. Some money worriers are people wh...
DATE: Dec 08, 2007
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Butterfield Bank is branching out its fast-growing overseas operations with the set up of a new office in the UK.
The bank yesterday announced the establishment of Butterfield International Private Office Ltd. in London as part of its expanding wealt...
DATE: Dec 07, 2007
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Bermuda-domiciled Tyco International has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents per common share. The dividend is payable on February 1 to shareholders of record as of January 3.
Tyco International is provider of security products and...
DATE: Dec 07, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Covidien, the maker of medical supplies spun off from Tyco International, said fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 90 percent after raw material and energy costs prompted asset writedowns.
Net income dropped to $34 million, or se...
DATE: Dec 07, 2007
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–CHICAGO (AP) - Conrad Black, the brash media mogul who vacationed in Bora Bora, rode around London in a Rolls Royce and ended up convicted of swindling shareholders out of millions of dollars, is headed for prison where inmates are paid 12 cents an ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2007
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–NEW YORK (AP) - One of the clearest signs that retailers are nervous this holiday season is likely to be found at Wal-Mart stores this weekend: stacks of Webkinz.
The fiercely popular Webkinz, plush toys that children collect and use the Internet to...
DATE: Dec 07, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the UK's second-biggest bank, reported £1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) of writedowns from slumping credit markets and said earnings will exceed analysts' estimates this year.
Royal Bank rose 2.7 per...
DATE: Dec 07, 2007
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TEXAS (Bloomberg) - A BP plc. contractor who was 30 to 40 yards from the explosion that killed 15 co-workers at a Texas refinery in 2005 told jurors he hid his injuries and kept working because he could not afford to quit.
"I got sick to my stomach,"...
DATE: Dec 07, 2007
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