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A Bermuda Stock Exchange-listed company has become embroiled in a lawsuit in Florida concerning the fate of a Bahamas film studio where the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies series was shot.
Ashby Corporation Ltd., which has been liste...
DATE: Dec 13, 2006
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Arch Capital Group Ltd. and its operating subsidiaries yesterday received a ratings upgrade from a second ratings agency as Bermuda reinsurers continue to reap the benefits of the benign 2006 hurricane season.
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial...
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Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. has appointed as a director following the resignation of W. Russell Ramsey as a director of the Company.
Mr. Bridges currently serves as the President of Rosemont Reinsurance Ltd., a specialty property and marine reinsure...
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Last week, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. advertised it would be selling Nintendo Ltd.’s new videogame console, the Wii, on December 6. Steve Fortune and a group of friends camped out the day before in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Quincy, Massachusetts, to make s...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) — Two private equity firms said they reached a deal to buy Sabre Holdings Corp., owner of the Travelocity hotel and flight-booking Web site, for $4.45 billion as they look to profit from a worldwide boom in travel services.The move,...
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ALBANY, New York (AP) — Prudential Insurance Co. will pay $19 million in restitution and penalties to settle an investigation of payments made to brokers to steer business its way, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office said yesterday.The s...
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Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd. has appointed Penelope James as group finance director. Mrs. James will take up her new role in May, 2007 and will be appointed to the Board of Bermuda-based Omega at that time.
Mrs James has been with Zurich Financial S...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Shares of Ace Ltd. headed for their biggest gain in more than five months after the Bermuda-based insurer said a review of asbestos-related liabilities showed its most vulnerable unit had set aside enough to pay expected claims...
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Hiscox's move of domicile to Bermuda from London has been completed, Business Insurance reported yesterday.
Hiscox has formally delisted the shares of Hiscox Plc on the London Stock Exchange, and shares of Hiscox Ltd. are now being traded.
The High C...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The UK government may have to refund billions of pounds to companies including British American Tobacco Plc and BP Plc after Europe’s highest court ruled the country’s tax system was discriminatory.Twenty companies challenged the...
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