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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Casino operator MGM Mirage has posted lower-than-expected quarterly profit amid slower condominium sales and weaker profits in Las Vegas.
The world's second-largest casino operator after Harrah's Entertainment also increased the ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2007
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World famous economist and former Fed Reserve chairman Dr. Alan Greenspan appeared to be carrying his very own Bermuda Triangle when came to the Island on Monday.
For he was made invisible - at least to the media - when he visited Bermuda.
An odd med...
DATE: Oct 31, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stan O'Neal's legacy will be cemented as the $8 billion man. That's about the size of the massive writedown that Merrill Lynch & Co. had to take during its just-ended quarter, which has ruined the reputation of the investment bank's C...
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NEW YORK (AP) — It sounded like a dream come true for someone with dozens of e-mail and social-networking accounts: A free web service called Fuser that lets you check all of your messages from one central location.
Alas, after giving Fuser a whirl, ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2007
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Dubai has been touted as a new rival to the London insurance market by Lloyd's chief executive Richard Ward.
Bermuda, Dublin and other low-tax jurisdictions have traditionally been seen as the main competitors to London, but now the focus should be t...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected to cut an important interest rate today, a move designed to help the economy get through the stresses of a painful housing slump and credit crunch.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his central bank colle...
DATE: Oct 31, 2007
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Renaissance Re has suffered a $116 million drop in profit for the third quarter, partially due to a $36 million charge to reflect anticipated third quarter loss at ChannelRe Holdings driven by unrealised mark-to-market losses.
The company's gross wri...
DATE: Oct 31, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Golden Ocean Group, the commodity shipping line led by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, bought eight ship-construction contracts for $410 million.
Each of the carriers, known as kamsarmaxes, will have a carrying capacity of...
DATE: Oct 31, 2007
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There was a small nudge upwards for the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange as shares of Bermuda Container Line improved by 40 cents (2.7 percent) to $15 after 1,100 shares changed hands.
Also going up were shares of Belco, which improved five cents...
DATE: Oct 31, 2007
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Interest in Bermuda's Stock Exchange and the local companies listed on it has been phenomenal, according to author of the Blue Book 2007 and LOM Securities (Bermuda) investment advisor Jeremy Dyck.
The Blue Book, which is an overview of companies lis...
DATE: Oct 31, 2007
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