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Industrial psychologist Paul Loftus intends to impart valuable knowledge and training for company secretaries and administrative assistants when he brings three seminars to Bermuda in September aimed at helping companies improve important "soft skill...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. put its stake in London Stock Exchange up for sale, abandoning an 18-month effort to buy the UK market and focus on the battle for control of Sweden's OMX AB.
Nasdaq, the second-biggest US equity exchan...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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LONDON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Insurer Hiscox has posted record first-half pretax profit, as strong trading conditions offset the impact of the weak dollar and European weather claims.
Hiscox, a Lloyd's underwriter and leading fine art and kidnap insurer...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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LIMA (Bloomberg) — Peru's government will employ thousands of townspeople to rebuild their homes, which were destroyed by the country's worst earthquake in more than 30 years.
The reconstruction of roads and half-a-dozen towns on the south coast will...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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Bermuda-registered international offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has signed a contract worth $570 million over three years for ExxonMobil to use its new semi-submersible oil drilling platform currently being built in South Korea.
The company tr...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark index ended higher yesterday after a day of 100-point swings, which have become commonplace in recent weeks as the global credit crisis heightens investor anxiety.
The S&P/TSX composite index...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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Bermuda's insurance and reinsurance market could be hit by bills of billions of dollars in payouts for the devastation wreaked in the Caribbean by Hurricane Dean.
The storm battered Jamaica with winds of up to 150mph tearing off roofs, uprooting tree...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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Norwegian Cruise Line has been named the official cruise line of the PGA Tour which visits Bermuda in October.
The three-year agreement will also allow NCL the right to use the Tour marks in advertising, as well as promotional and tournament hospital...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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For a good long term investment there is no safer bet than the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).
With the highly volatile world stock markets fluctuating wildly at the moment as seen on the Dow Jones, London's FTSE and other major indexes during the past...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks closed mostly higher yesterday as investors appeared relieved that little bad news emerged about risky mortgages and shrinking credit markets. Still, many on Wall Street were still seeking safety, and pressed into shorter-term ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2007
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