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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based MF Global Ltd. raised $2.92 billion in its US initial public offering on Wednesday — around $1bn less than it sought.The company, a brokerage unit for hedge fund manager Man Financial Group, handles trades in futu...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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Ronald A. Jacks, a retired senior partner of the Chicago-based international law firm of Mayer, Brown Rowe and Maw, died July 6 in Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand.
As a veteran participant of the Newport to Bermuda race, Mr. Jacks was known in ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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JOHANNESBURG (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Aquarius Platinum Ltd., a platinum and palladium miner, said a company that operates two of its mines under contract in South Africa fired 3,250 workers after they went on strike. Johannesburg-based contractor...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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Bermuda's leading role in providing reinsurance cover to the US has been underlined by the latest report from the Reinsurance Association of America.
The RAA reports the US ceded $54.7 billion in premiums to offshore reinsurers in 2006 and ceded reco...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index advanced yesterday, logging another record high, as strong economic growth in resource-hungry China boosted commodity prices, lifting oil and mining issues.The S&P/TSX composite index closed...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-registered Bunge Ltd., the world's biggest oilseed processor, said it acquired Agricover S.A., Romania's third-largest vegetable-oil maker, to increase sales in southeast Europe.Bunge will gain one plant and some local ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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BEIJING (AP) — China's gravity-defying economy still can surprise even its most bullish observers.Output grew at its fastest rate in 12 years during the three months ending in June, expanding by an eye-popping 11.9 percent over the year-earlier perio...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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The hunt is on to find convicted fraudster Conrad Black's assets, some of which could be tied up in Bermuda-based Sugra Bermuda Ltd., it has been revealed.
The former media tycoon was found guilty of three counts of mail fraud and one of obstruction ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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The hearing of Bermuda Aviation Services Ltd.'s (BAS) legal case against the Government moved a step closer after the Attorney General filed a petition on the Government's behalf.
The company and its subsidiary Aircraft Services filed a writ against ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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The listing of Yachts of America has been cancelled by the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The move has resulted from the company's failure to pay its BSX-related fees as set out in the regulations.
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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