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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks extended their record for a fifth straight day, led by dividend-paying financial shares including Bank of Nova Scotia, after the Bank of Canada kept interest rates steady.Energy shares including Talisman Energy I...
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Appleby Hunter Bailhache has been recognised as a leader among offshore law firms in recent legal publications.
A statement from Appleby said recent rankings place Appleby as a leading firm in all four offshore jurisdictions in which the group has a ...
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Zurich Financial Services AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, will merge its North American support services to save $300 million over the next three years in areas such as procurement, human resources and real estate.The services...
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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — Zurich American Insurance Co. will pay $122 million to resolve claims of bid-rigging and price-fixing in the commercial insurance market under a nationwide settlement negotiated by Pennsylvania and ten other states, st...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Many companies are starting to sound like moms: They are pushing employees to eat their vegetables and go outside and play. And they are not being gentle about it.Outdoor clothing company L.L. Bean, Inc. shuts down its manufacturing l...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bonds of US insurance companies were lowered to “market weight” by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. after the securities outperformed the firm’s investment-grade credit index since June.
Lehman cut its recommendation for life insu...
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The demand for workers with IT skills, science and engineering backgrounds, and technological know-how, has never been greater, according to two reports released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The reports provid...
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Ahmed Elamin
Local stocks edged up yesterday as a gain in Belco's share price offset a decline in BF&M's.
The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index ended the day up 2.56 points 4,836.43 on volume of 6,462 shares worth $297,751.
Belco gained 50 cents or 2.1 p...
DATE: Dec 06, 2006
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Appleby Hunter Bailhache has been recognised as a leader among offshore law firms in recent legal publications.
A statement from Appleby said recent rankings place Appleby as a leading firm in all four offshore jurisdictions in which the group has a ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2006
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's largest reinsurer, expects a "solid" year for the insurance industry in 2007, after fewer losses from natural disasters helped fuel double-digit profit growth this year.Property and casualty ins...
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