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Almost 20 of you were kind enough to send me a definition of "cor blimey trousers" when I asked for one last week. Before I explain the reason for the request, here is what I learned from the experience of asking:
Cor blimey trousers were pants commo...
DATE: Aug 25, 2007
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As global credit markets petrify, central banks are playing "Whack-A-Mole" with the hammer of overnight funds to bash down short-term interest rates. At least the ridiculous claims that the subprime crisis is confined to the US mortgage market have s...
DATE: Aug 25, 2007
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The net asset value on your municipal bond funds fell one percent last week. What gives?
You thought they should have gone up, right? Didn't interest rates decline?
Blame it on the subprime meltdown. Blame it on the hedge funds. As Max von Sydow said...
DATE: Aug 25, 2007
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The trading of 20,764 Butterfield Bank shares resulted in them improving in value by five cents (0.2 percent) to close at $21.15, having dropped by the same amount a day earlier.
However, the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange fell marginally after...
DATE: Aug 25, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The benchmark index of the Toronto Stock Exchange capped the week with a jump of almost 70 points yesterday as investors took their eyes off the crisis in the credit markets to buy up resource shares.
The S&P/TSX composite index g...
DATE: Aug 25, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Credit Suisse Group hired Clare Hennings from Societe Generale SA to run the debt capital markets team working with European insurers.
Ms Hennings, who joined August 13, reports to Sandeep Agarwal, head of debt capital markets fo...
DATE: Aug 24, 2007
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OneBeacon Insurance Group, a division of White Mountains, has elected Raymond Barrette, 56, and Ira Malis, 47, as directors.
Mr. Barrette will serve as a Class III director and Malis will serve as a Class II director.
OneBeacon's board of directors ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2007
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Butterfield Bank proved its value on the Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) as its share price climbed five cents (0.2 percent) to close at $21.10 yesterday.
They traded a total of 1,954 shares, while 200 shares in BELCO Holdings Ltd. changed hands.
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DATE: Aug 24, 2007
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A day after Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess said he had seen no evidence that companies in Bermuda are outsourcing jobs because of problems created by the Island's six-year work term limit policy, a Bermudian worker within the Interna...
DATE: Aug 24, 2007
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Aaron Smith, president of Igility, has added to the outsourcing debate by calling on Government to lower the payroll tax burden for local businesses in Bermuda.
Mr. Smith reckons the tax, which is the same for Bermudian and international businesses, ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2007
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