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WINCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) — Jenny Wooster is tending to a tray of cabbage seedlings, careful to make sure they have enough room to spread. Crowding means competition for light and moisture, and the risk of premature death.She finishes when the d...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street retreated modestly in wobbly trading, putting its buying spree on hold to mull over mixed economic data. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly surpassed 13,500 for the first time, then pulled back.Investors refrained fr...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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From involvement in the construction of the impressive Ace headquarters to the award-winning Maxwell Roberts building, the staff of Bermuda Project Managers Ltd. have played a part in shaping the Island's landscape.
This month marks the 10th annivers...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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LONDON (AP) — Telecommunications company BT Group PLC announced a $2.5 billion ($4.96 billion) share buyback programme yesterday as it unveiled an 11 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit, boosted by sales of broadband internet and data-network sales...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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A new "above Platinum" MasterCard that gives holders access to VIP airport lounges around the world, special travel and entertainment services and a minimum credit limit of $20,000, has been introduced in Bermuda by Butterfield Bank.
The new MasterCa...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — The gap between Britain's rich and poor widened in the 2005-6 financial year, once more frustrating the efforts of the ruling centre-left Labour Party to redistribute wealth, official figures showed yesterday.In the last comparativ...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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Axis Capital is holding an investor day in New York city next month.
The company, which provides insurance and reinsurance and made a profit of $236.8m in the first quarter of the year, will present the investor day on June 7. AXIS Capital's senior m...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — HSBC, Europe's biggest bank and the owner of the Bank of Bermuda, would be keen to have a share listing on the Shanghai stock exchange when regulations permit, a top executive said yesterday."We would love to list HSBC on the Shang...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) — Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox said he has ordered the creation of a new office that will work full-time to return funds to investors harmed by stock fraud.Congress authorised the SEC in 2002 t...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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THE meteorologists of the global credit markets are fretting that the balmy weather investors have basked in for much of this decade is about to turn stormy. It's tricky, however, to identify the rods that might draw down lightning from the clouds.Ca...
DATE: May 18, 2007
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