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Captive insurance expert Roger Gillett will be flying the flag for Bermuda when he goes Stateside today, writes Alex Wright.
The chairman of the Bermuda Insurance Development Council was invited to address Dallas RIMS (Risk and Insurance Management S...
DATE: Oct 08, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The impact of the fast rise of the Canadian dollar versus the greenback is set to hit home in October as third-quarter corporate results start rolling across Bay Street.
Since the beginning of the year, the Canadian dollar has sur...
DATE: Oct 08, 2007
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Bermuda-based holding company Antares Holdings Ltd. has been formed by Lightyear Capital LLC, a New York-based private equity firm which focuses on financial services investment.
The new holding company's businesses will include the sponsorship of a ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2007
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Commentary by Mark Gilbert
Walter Bagehot, an economist and author writing in the 19th century, had the answers to the current credit crunch.
In 1866, the UK money markets were in turmoil. The collapse of a private bank called Overend & Co. threatene...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose for a second day after better-than-expected jobs reports in the US and Canada stoked optimism that the North American economy will propel profit growth.
Research In Motion Ltd. soared after it gave forecasts...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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The overwhelming lure of free advice: The thing is — free advice is really never free. There is a price for everything.
Here is one scenario: The advert reads, "Free medical advice!" Perhaps, you have seen a medical web-page, or attended a seminar to...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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It was a busy day on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday as no less than four companies saw their share price change.
Watlington Waterworks Ltd. were the biggest beneficiaries as their share value soared $2 (15.4 percent) t...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street capped a huge week with a sharp advance yesterday after the government's employment report for September and its revision of August's data cooled the market's fears of a recession. The Standard & Poor's 500 index, the meas...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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Tara called into my XM radio show distressed about her debt. But unlike many people who complain about the bills they allowed to mount, much of her debt was not her fault.
Someone, perhaps her grandmother, parents or a close relative, had stolen Tara...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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One of the enduring dogmas of global finance holds that gold is a safe-haven asset. The precious metal is billed as a hedge against inflation, the ultimate insurance policy against geopolitical risk and protection during periods of financial-market t...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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