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Ed Mierzwinski is trying to get the word out to college students that the free T-shirt or teddy bear or sub sandwich they accept in exchange for signing up for a credit card could end up costing them a lot of financial heartache.
For years now, lende...
DATE: Oct 20, 2007
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It was a case of all quiet on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) front yesterday.
The only company to move any shares was Butterfield Bank, who traded 4,000 in total, but no share prices were affected.
The Index, which experienced n...
DATE: Oct 20, 2007
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In Bermuda, there are always two explanations for everything. There’s the truth, which hardly anyone ever credits, and there’s a secondary, conspiracy-theory style explanation. In that regard, I can deny a rumour that has been sweeping the Island thi...
DATE: Oct 20, 2007
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After pompously declaring last week that financial experts featured on endless media relays really don't know much, if anything at all, that can be relevant to your individual situation, I've carefully managed to put my foot into my own mouth.
Since ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2007
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BF&M Ltd. suffered the biggest losses on a tough day's trading on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
Their share price dropped $1.55 (7.8 percent) to close at $18.40, with 1,500 shares traded.
Butterfield Bank also experi...
DATE: Oct 19, 2007
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The Brazilian government issued proposals yesterday for opening up the domestic reinsurance market to private companies. A public consultation period ends on November 15.
The reinsurance market is currently monopolised by IRB-Brasil Resseguros SA, a ...
DATE: Oct 19, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Security Capital Assurance rose 5.3 percent in New York trading yesterday after the bond insurer and reinsurer reported a 50 percent increase in new business.
Security Capital's adjusted gross premiums, a measure of new busines...
DATE: Oct 19, 2007
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At first sight it might appear a mish-mash.
A Bermuda-hosted luncheon in Chicago for the healthcare sector with a US Air Force lieutenant colonel as guest speaker.
However, the first Bermuda Markets Education Luncheon turned out to be an illuminating...
DATE: Oct 19, 2007
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Scott Neil
Libby Cook-Toppan knows all about the dangers of booking a holiday exclusively online after suffering a bad experience in Boston five years ago.
She had to book a hotel in the American city at short notice after her son was called into hospital there...
DATE: Oct 19, 2007
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Customers of insurance and reinsurance brokerage firm Aon Corporation are set to benefit from a ground-breaking new deal.
Aon yesterday announced that key management liability insurance markets in Bermuda have agreed for the first time to accept a si...
DATE: Oct 19, 2007
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