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DENVER (AP) — More company executives may face criminal charges as a result of ongoing federal investigations into stock-option backdating, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox said on Friday."We have a substantial number of in...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch says he will not raise his $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co. But the executive editor of BusinessWeek magazine predicted Murdoch will up the offer and acquire the owner of The Wall Street J...
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Having no university education need not stop young people from enjoying a successful career in Bermuda's booming insurance sector.
That was the clear message from Bermudian Theresa Dunlop who spoke after receiving her joint Young Reinsurance Person o...
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New York (Bloomberg) — Rhode Island officials said the state will collect $102 million less in revenue next year, largely as a result of a delay in a payment from American International Group.The state assumed it would get $80 million from New York- ...
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The earnings season in the United States is largely behind us and the outcome has been quite pleasant for the investment crowd. Going into the season, analysts' estimates were pitched low enough to be handily beaten by the actual results.Still, some ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street has been revelling in the interest rate standstill of the past nine months, and investors hope this week's data on consumer inflation and the housing market won't suggest things are about to change.The Dow Jones industrial...
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Bermuda reinsurer Validus Re will this week announce that it has bought Lloyd's of London's Talbot Underwriting in a $400 million deal, according to a UK newspaper.
The takeover, revealed by The Sunday Telegraph, will mark the first time that one of ...
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange dropped by 0.25 percent (12.99 points) during last week, as $9.5 million shares were traded.
The index closed out at 5,141.62 points.
KeyTech shares were down 55 cents (3.54 percent) to close at $15 after 1,...
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Washington (Bloomberg) — A US House of Representatives panel is investigating firms that advise companies on executive compensation while providing other services to determine whether conflicts of interest contribute to excessive pay packages.Represe...
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Faced with ever increasing ship sizes, such as the quarter-of-a-mile long Emma Maersk container ship and luxury cruise ships worth $1 billion, marine insurance underwriters more than ever need to keep up-to-date with technological advances and the ch...
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