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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Airlines that fly within the European Union will have to trade pollution allowances beginning in 2011, the European Commission said yesterday — which could see travellers pay more when flying between Bermuda and the UK and al...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Private equity funds are investing earlier in new energy companies and taking more risk to generate acceptable returns as competition for experienced executives in the industry increases, Lime Rock Partners Co-founder Jonathan ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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When Jeff Conyers and seven other business people pooled resources to found Bermuda’s first independent brokerage firm back in 1991, there was no shortage of people telling them their enterprise would flop.
But with hindsight, it is clear the gamble ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index closed unchanged for a second straight day yesterday.
Butterfield Bank saw the main activity as 500 of its shares changed hands for $56.25. Meanwhile, HSBC Holding plc sold 100 shares at a price of $18.3...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) ? Natural and man-made catastrophes in 2006 cost insurers $15 billion in losses, the lowest amount in almost a decade, according to Swiss Reinsurance Co.
?After years of record losses, property insurers appear to be getting off lig...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) — The yuan held near its highest close since the end of a dollar link as China may allow faster currency gains to prevent its record trade surplus from further increasing foreign-exchange reserves.China can let the yuan strengthen...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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Cost controls and modest price increases of menu items helped Kentucky Fried Chicken Bermuda to achieve gross profits that were up by $24,166 in the six months ended July 31, 2006, compared to the same period last year.
A statement yesterday from com...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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When Jeff Conyers and seven other business people pooled resources to found Bermuda?s first independent brokerage firm back in 1991, there was no shortage of people telling them their enterprise would flop.
But with hindsight, it is clear the gamble ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — John Mack’s record for the biggest bonus on Wall Street did not last even a week. It was smashed by the $53.4 million that Goldman Sachs gave its chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein.The bonanza for Blankfein included a cash bonus of $27....
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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SYDNEY (Bloomberg) — CSR Ltd., Australia’s biggest processor of raw sugar, will receive A$120 million ($94 million) from Ace Ltd. after settling litigation related to asbestos liability insurance.CSR sued Bermuda-based Ace and other insurers in 1995,...
DATE: Dec 21, 2006
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