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KANSAS CITY (Reuters) — On the surface, Brent Barber’s Kansas City real estate investment company appeared to be serving a greater good — refurbishing low-income housing across the city’s blighted urban core.But in reality Barber and a crew of eight ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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Amlin Bermuda Ltd., Amlin’s wholly owned reinsurance business, has appointed Alun Thomas as an underwriter, reporting to underwriting director John Andrews.
Mr. Thomas joins from Aon Ltd., where he was a director of North American Reinsurance in the ...
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Bermuda CableVision yesterday announced the launch of a new high-speed internet service which will cost residential customers $35 a month, on top of what they pay their internet service provider (ISP).
Logic, Transact and Northrock have teamed up wit...
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Bermuda-based Digicel yesterday launched its mobile services in El Salvador.
The fast-growing cell phone company’s new service will reach communities that have been previously unserved in the Central American country — offering 95 percent population...
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CellularOne has opened its fifth outlet in Bermuda — and its third in Hamilton — having taken over the former Staples shop in Burnaby Street.
The refit of the shop took around six weeks and included in the 1,100 square-foot location is a personal con...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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DUBLIN (Bloomberg) — Ryanair Holdings Plc chief executive officer Michael O’Leary plans to start a discount trans-Atlantic airline, offering fares as low as $12, following the “open skies” accord between the US and European Union.The new airline woul...
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The founder of the company that created the raunchy “Girls Gone Wild” videos has been indicted on US tax evasion charges after he channelled millions through a Bermuda bank account.
Joe Francis, 34, was charged by a federal grand jury in Reno, Nevada...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Shares of Zurich Financial Services AG, Switzerland’s biggest insurer, rose amid speculation that the company may be the target of a takeover bid.Zurich Financial’s stock climbed as much as 2.6 percent to 354 Swiss francs and clo...
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Credit is out of control in Bermuda and the onus is on Finance Minister Paula Cox to take steps to clamp down on the problem, according to Opposition Senator E.T. (Bob) Richards.
Sen. Richards, an economist and a former general manager and director o...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Insurers cut their prices on corporate board coverage by an average 18 percent, the steepest decline in three years, a Towers Perrin survey of US buyers showed.An annual index generated by the survey fell 183 points to 827, the...
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