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Maiden Insurance has been awarded an A- financial strength rating for its excellent capitalisation achieved through its parent Maiden Holdings Ltd.
A.M. Best also assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a-" to the company. And it also presented an...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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While the main focus of CPAs and taxpayers has been on the filing of 2006 US Federal individual income tax returns, Congress has been focused on numerous changes to the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Department and the Courts have been busy w...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — New European Union rules to control the capital insurers set aside for their underwriting may hasten the consolidation in the industry, accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said.The so-called Solvency II rules, a draft of w...
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DALLAS (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most popular internet search engine, agreed to buy closely held Postini Inc. for $625 million, adding e-mail security services to its programs for small businesses.Postini, based in San Carlos, Californi...
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The Royal Gazette/BSX Index inched closer to an all-time high yesterday.
The Index closed on 5,179.15, a change of 28.93 (0.56 percent), almost 10 points behind the record figure of 5,188.66 posted on May 2.
Volume was 4,350 shares and turnover $47,2...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Airbus SAS, the world's largest plane-maker, posted a sixfold increase in first-half aircraft orders, allowing the company to pull ahead of Boeing Co. in new contracts for the first time in a year.The plane-maker won 680 firm pur...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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Entrepreneurial spirit among Bermudian teenagers will be nurtured at Bermuda College over the next two weeks during BizCamp.
The camp, spearheaded by the Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative of Bermuda (YEIB), and backed up with financial support from G...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise-ship company, said that Bob Dickinson will step down as chief executive officer of its Carnival Cruise Lines unit.Gerry Cahill, Carnival Corp.'s finance chief, will assume Dickinson's ...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index just squeaked to a record high close yesterday as commodity prices lifted metals and mining shares.The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 58.82 points, or 0.4 percent, at 14,177.52, about a p...
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NEW YORK (AP) — As investors return this week from their July 4 vacations and prepare for earnings season, they'll get a few snapshots of the economy's health.Wall Street is hoping for signs that the economy is on the rebound, but it doesn't want to ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2007
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