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The devastation wreaked by the recent earthquakes in Japan is likely to have little impact on Bermuda's reinsurance market.
That is according to Jim Bryce, CEO of IPC Holdings Ltd, who believes the payouts from reinsurers on the island to insurance c...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Electricians are invited to attend a town hall meeting this evening with the National Training Board to discuss the National Occupational Certification Programme that is to be introduced as of 31 August. The meeting will be held at the Anglican Cathe...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Three stocks climbed as the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange advanced 27.87 points (0.53 percent) to close at 5,251.65.
Insurance group BF&M enjoyed the biggest gain, improving 65 cents (3.5 percent) after 400 shares were traded, to close at $1...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark index sprinted late in yesterday's session to a record high, boosted by take-over speculation surrounding Canadian Pacific Railway and rising energy and gold-mining issues.The S&P/TSX composi...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Eleven Bermudians were presented yesterday with close to $200,000 in highly competitive scholarships, education bursaries and awards.
Butterfield Bank chief financial officer Richard Ferrett presented the awards totalling $190,000, but through schola...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks retreated but managed a partial late-day recovery yesterday as investors reacted uneasily to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on the economy and news that two Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds were essentially worth...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — British Airways Plc, Europe's third-largest airline, plans to pay an annual dividend for the first time 2001 and expects to increase the payments as the carrier approaches its operating profit margin target."We intend to start di...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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LONDON — The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down 0.6 percent yesterday as inflation data increased rate hike worries, while miners weighed after a series of broker downgrades. UK consumer prices rose 0.2 percent on the month, bringing the...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average swept past 14,000 for the first time yesterday after a relatively tame inflation report gave investors reason to extend an extraordinary — but perhaps questionable — Wall Street rally.The stock market'...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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SEATTLE (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, plans to let small-business customers purchase advertising linked to search results on IAC/InterActiveCorp.'s Ask.com site.The ad sales will be handled by AdManager, one of Mi...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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