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GERMANY (Bloomberg) — Commerzbank AG, Germany’s second-largest bank, agreed to sell its Jupiter fund division to TA Associates and the unit’s management for $740 million ($1.45 billion), five years after first seeking a buyer for the business.Jupiter...
DATE: Mar 21, 2007
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The rapid evolution of telecommunications has left Bermuda's unusual four-way split marketplace creaking at the joints in the space of just ten years.
And as one of the businessmen closest to the action, CellularOne boss Michael Leverock can only see...
DATE: Mar 21, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — AIG Global Investment Group, a unit of insurer American International Group Inc., said yesterday that it acquired a substantial equity interest in Falcon Farms, a Latin American supplier of flowers to the United States and Canada...
DATE: Mar 21, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US banana giant Chiquita Brands International Inc. pleaded guilty Monday to doing business with a terrorist organisation for paying protection money to Colombian paramilitaries between 2001 and 2004.Chiquita agreed to pay a fin...
DATE: Mar 21, 2007
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Fiona Muldoon has been appointed corporate strategy, development and planning officer of XL Capital.
She has also been made a senior vice president of the multi-billion dollar insurance and reinsurance company, which has offices in Bermudiana Road.
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DATE: Mar 21, 2007
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Consulting firm Accenture Ltd. said yesterday it plans to increase the number of its management consultants in India to 2,000 in the next 16 months.The Bermuda-based company, which currently has 500 management consultants in India, e...
DATE: Mar 21, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Shares of Prudential Plc, the UK's second-biggest insurer, climbed 3.3 percent on speculation that the company is a takeover target.The stock rose 23.5 pence to 731.5 pence in London, valuing the company at $17.9 billion ($35 bil...
DATE: Mar 21, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks spiked higher yesterday as Wall Street joined overseas markets in riding a wave of merger news to bounce back from a losing week. The Dow Jones industrials rose 115 points.The buyout news, particularly the possibility of an eno...
DATE: Mar 20, 2007
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CHICAGO (Reuters) — The start of Conrad Black’s criminal fraud trial was delayed until today after his lawyers complained that publicity about a key witness against the former media baron might have tainted the jury.Judge Amy St. Eve of the US Distri...
DATE: Mar 20, 2007
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CHICAGO (AP) — Lawn care and pest control provider ServiceMaster Co. agreed yesterday to be bought by an investment group in a cash deal valued at $4.5 billion, as the company tries to recover from years of declining financial results.Bowing to share...
DATE: Mar 20, 2007
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