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A Bermuda-registered company has received approval in the US to conduct a large, randomised study to track the effectiveness of a vaccine being developed to help smokers break their addiction to nicotine.
Celtic Pharma has been given clearance for a ...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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Belco shares fell and contributed to a 14.71 point (0.29 percent) slip in the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange to 5,114.32.
Shares of Belco ended 80 cents lower (3.4 percent) at $23 after 151 were exchanged.
There was also trading of 19,075 But...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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LOM Holdings Ltd. yesterday said its net income more than doubled in the 2006 financial year as it recorded a profit of $1.65 million or 26 cents per share.
LOM chief executive officer Scott Lines said revenues slipped one percent to $12.8 million, b...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. reported lower first-quarter profits on Friday, as the downturn in US home construction hurt demand for Bobcat loaders and excavators used in construction.But the results beat Wall...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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SYDNEY (Bloomberg) — Bruce Gordon's WIN Television Network Ltd., Australia's largest private media company, offered to buy regional broadcaster NBN Television, rivalling a bid from James Packer's PBL Media Ltd.The bidders will have to submit final of...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended lower, but well off the day's lows, as lingering worries about the health of the US economy helped drag down financial and materials issues.The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 10.3...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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Axis Capital beat analysts' expectations as they posted record first quarter profits of $236.8 million to give a net income per share of $1.37, higher than the $1.16 expected by Thomson Financial.
Axis profit for the first three months of the year wa...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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IPOC’s latest attempt to have its claim to a $1.5 billion stake in Russian telecoms company MegaFon ratified through court actions around the world has ended in another disappointment.
The Bermuda-registered company has previously claimed it was targ...
DATE: May 01, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Corporate America's strong profits helped drive the Dow Jones industrials past 13,000 for the first time last week, but investors will want to see if US consumers also have financial muscle before pushing stocks much higher.In additio...
DATE: Apr 30, 2007
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(Bloomberg) — Bermuda-registered Tyco International has offered to buy back $6.6 billion in debt as part of its plan to spit into three companies, or about $95 million less than what the indentures governing the bonds say investors should get.The own...
DATE: Apr 30, 2007
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