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Bermuda had the earliest version of Know Your Customer (KYC) policy in the world and that is one of the reasons why it now enjoys a high standing as one of the world's leading financial centres.
It is more than 50 years since that KYC policy was intr...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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A couple of weeks ago at a conference in Birmingham I noticed this guy walking around with a laptop with two rolls of foam at the ends strapped to his shoulder with nylon rope."Hey, neat laptop carrier," I said.
"I'm the guy from Junkk.com," he said ...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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A company that has played a significant part in arranging tourism events, conference events and excursions in Bermuda for the past 40 years has suspended all operations and issued a statement suggesting it will not return.
With the peak tourist seaso...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Paris Re has registered with the French AMF stock market authority in a first step towards a possible $2 billion flotation later this year.
"Paris Re's shares are expected to be admitted to trading on the Eurolist by Euronext ...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Vodafone Group Plc painted a bullish picture for 2008 yesterday as the mobile phone giant topped average forecasts for annual underlying earnings and dividends, sending its stock to five-year highs.Vodafone, the world's largest mob...
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E-commerce payment solutions company First Atlantic Commerce has been chosen to process the online credit-card payments for car hire giant Avis.
The contract is the latest feather in the cap of a Bermuda company that has established a growing reputat...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Suntech Power Holdings Co., the fourth-largest maker of solar-power cells, said first-quarter profit rose 35 percent on surging demand for the renewable energy source.Net income rose to $26.1 million, or 16 cents a share, from ...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Bank of Bermuda has hired Guillermo Konecny as the new head of HSBC Investments Bermuda (ISBM).
In this role, Mr. Konecny will be responsible for assets under management in excess of $13 billion and developing and implementing the investment business...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Bermuda-based insurer Northstar Financial Services Ltd. yesterday announced it had signed a five-year outsourcing deal with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).
Under the agreement, California-based CSC's life insurance and annuity BPO services team ...
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LONDON (Reuters) — British mortgage approvals edged higher in April after four months of annual declines but economists still predict the housing market will slow further this year as higher interest rates hit demand.Policymakers unanimously voted to...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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