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Bermuda-based Enstar Group Ltd. and Oceania Holdings Ltd, its wholly-owned subsidiary, have announced the closing of the acquisition of Inter-Ocean Holdings Ltd.
The total purchase price was approximately $57 million, according to a report on PRNewsw...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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There was heavy trading in Butterfield Bank last week, which helped to push the trading turnover on the Royal Gazette Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) to more than $3 million.
The Bank’s share price dropped 25 cents (0.43 percent) to close Friday on $57....
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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MONEY has been so kind to Asian stocks, the easy pickings have mostly disappeared.
Out of more than 90,000 publicly traded securities in Asia, excluding Japan, only 26 have the following three features: at least $200 million in market worth; a one-ye...
DATE: Feb 24, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended a lacklustre week with a moderate decline as higher oil prices weighed on investors’ already rickety sentiment and Treasurys rallied amid concerns about a meltdown in the subprime mortgage market.It was the worst week for...
DATE: Feb 24, 2007
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THE temptation is oh so great. Wouldn’t it be convenient to invest in a list of last year’s top-performing mutual funds and hope for the best?After all, that’s the recommendation of far too many financial journalists, who then move on to other things...
DATE: Feb 24, 2007
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IRST, a word about Mr. George Scott, MP. What a man he is. When I think of what he has done for Bermuda, I cannot find the right words. And how correct he is about people in other countries respecting their politicians. No one in North Korea or Myanm...
DATE: Feb 24, 2007
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IT is not just about the budget, it's how you run your household or your country. It's budget time again. Local residents looked last Friday to our government for assurance that our fiscal house is in order. For after all, the country of Bermuda is i...
DATE: Feb 24, 2007
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A final lift at the end of the week put the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange back above the 5,000 points mark by the slimmest of margins.
The Exchange rose 18.67 points (0.37 percent) to finish the day at 5,000.05 after local shares worth a tot...
DATE: Feb 24, 2007
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A final lift at the end of the week put the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange back above the 5,000 points mark by the slimmest of margins.
The Exchange rose 18.67 points (0.37 percent) to finish the day at 5,000.05 after local shares worth a tot...
DATE: Feb 24, 2007
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IF you want stock markets to keep rallying, then root for higher oil prices.That may sound like the counterintuitive advice of the decade. After all, traditional economic theory holds that costlier petroleum usually spells bad news for stocks. Compan...
DATE: Feb 24, 2007
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