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SHANGHAI, China (AP) — China's attempt to cool stock market fever by raising interest rates and tightening credit appeared to have little impact on local investors' insatiable appetite yesterday, with both mainland markets hitting new records.The ben...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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Global insurance broker Lockton Cos. Inc. is setting up shop in Bermuda.
The Kansas City-based company has hired three staff with great experience of the Bermuda insurance market — Ed Correia, William Lowe and Philip DiMeglio — to head its operation....
DATE: May 22, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market has been rising at an undaunted pace, and Wall Street is curious whether this week's readings on durable goods and home sales will cause anyone to flinch.Recently stocks, particularly those of large companies, have ad...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Bermudians seeking an entry point to the corporate business world that dominates the Island's economy can study for, and sit, the required professional qualification without leaving Bermuda.
Remarkably internal auditing, a profession that has countle...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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LONDON (AP) — British Airways PLC on Friday admitted anticompetitive behaviour while posting a net loss for its latest quarter.The airline said it has earmarked $350 million ($690 million) to cover fines that are likely to stem from an investigation ...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The yen rose from an almost three-month low against the dollar after China allowed its currency to strengthen at a faster pace and lifted interest rates to cool an overheating economy.The Japanese currency gained on prospects a...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Replicas of a dated T-shirt that was on sale in Bermuda 27 years ago for a couple of dollars are being sold at $40 a time by an enterprising US-based internet company Worn Free.
Colourful disco-style wording on the otherwise plain T-shirt bears the n...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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AS college graduation season comes to a close, the newly anointed degree holders will finally have to face a new reality — life with hefty education debt. By the time they graduate, about two-thirds of students at four-year colleges and universities ...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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CALGARY(Reuters) - All may not be lost for Canadian oil companies in their quest to raise cash by selling assets without losing control over them.It appeared Ottawa closed that door last year by deciding to remove the tax advantages income trusts hav...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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More than $2.5 million worth of shares traded on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange last week, but the Index remained unchanged.
Meanwhile the BSX Insurance Index enjoyed a good week, rising 7.99 points (0.62 percent) to close on 1,294.41.
Tw...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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