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Axis Capital Holdings Limited yesterday announced that its board of directors had approved a ten percent increase in the quarterly common dividend and has authorised renewal of the Company's share repurchase plan.
The quarterly common dividend will i...
DATE: Dec 08, 2006
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KeyTech Ltd.'s net income rose 8.3 percent or $526,165 to $6.83 million in the first half of its financial year as revenue grew in its rebranded M3 cellular service and in Bermuda Yellow Pages.
KeyTech, the Island's leading telecommunication provider...
DATE: Dec 08, 2006
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An increase in Argus Group's share price helped push The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index up more than 17 points yesterday, but trading was thin.
The Index closed up 17.32 points at 4,827.90, but Argus was the only issue to trade, with 300 ...
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NEW YORK (The Wall Street Journal)— International travellers frustrated by years of airline stinginess and the disappearance of everything from hot meals to free booze can increasingly turn to a little-known corner of the sky: rapidly growing foreign...
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LONDON (Reuters) — The Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged yesterday and economists are divided over whether two hikes in borrowing costs in the past four months have done enough to curb inflation.Economists polled by Reuters last week had ...
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Human resource consultancy Performance Solutions yesterday announced the appointment of Bermudian Nea Dixon on a part-time basis to the newly-created position of senior consultant and training specialist.
In the role, Ms. Dixon will be responsible fo...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest bank by market value, cut about 20 positions in its bond group in New York a day after the firm reported a drop in trading revenue, said two people with knowledge of the firings.Pierre Goad, ...
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Lloyd?s of London underwriter Advent Capital Plc yesterday announced plans to form a Class 3 Bermuda reinsurer which will reinsure other reinsurers ? an area known as retrocession, where supply has been short since the record 2005 hurricane season.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) — The European Central Bank raised interest rates to a five-year high yesterday and said it will keep a very close eye on price risks, leaving the door open for further tightening but giving no clear indication on when.Euro zone i...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Hedge funds including Shepherd Energy Fund and Bermuda-based Electris Energy Fund Ltd. are expanding from Nordic electricity trading to deal in German power contracts as they seek to diversify portfolios and attract more investor...
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