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Shares of Butterfield Bank and Argus Group improved and helped the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange finish 12.39 points (0.24 percent) higher at 5,163.40.
Butterfield Bank stock was 20 cents (0.3 percent) higher at $60.20 after 375 shares were ...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canada's main stock index rose, led by energy and mining stocks, as oil and nickel prices rose. Royal Bank of Canada shares fell the most since August 2004 after the company's earnings missed analysts' estimates.Imperial Oil, Ca...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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WHEN the housing market brakes, millions of homeowners who think they are going to stay in their home for a while start asking a common question: Is it time to pay down the mortgage?
After all, adding extra money to your monthly payment isn't only a ...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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Of late, people have been wondering about the long-term strength of the US dollar. Has its value been permanently impaired by its fall in the currency markets in the past couple of years? Or is the fall merely one of the downs in an endless series of...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — US stocks fell yesterday, as interest-rate concerns spurred investors to lock in profits from the market's spring rally.News that sales of new homes climbed at their fastest pace in 14 years signalled a slowdown in housing may ha...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Golar LNG Ltd., a Bermuda-based owner of liquefied natural gas tankers, posted a record quarterly profit after the sale of a ship it had on order.Net income rose to $53.3 million, or 81 cents a share, from $27.9 million, or 43 ce...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down after insurers weighed and interest worries dragged several sectors lower, while Cable & Wireless (C&W) led telecoms up. The FTSE 100 ended down 51 points, or 0.77 percent, at 6,565.4, desp...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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ST. LOUIS (Bloomberg) — Betonsports Plc pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and will face no further criminal prosecution as long as it cooperates with probes of former company officers including founder Gary Kaplan, the US said.Kaplan last wee...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Sales of new US homes rose 16.2 percent in April, the sharpest climb in 14 years, while prices fell a record 11 percent, according to a government report yesterday that showed home builders taking extraordinary steps to move ho...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Kiln Plc, a Lloyd's of London insurer, is bracing for hurricanes this year after wind-related claims crippled profit two years ago.
A relatively calm season allowed the company to increase net income in 2006 by seve...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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