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Ratings agency A.M. Best Co. yesterday affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Aspen Insurance Limited (AIL) (Bermuda) and said the outlook for both ratings remains stable.
Best said AIL’s risk...
DATE: Nov 24, 2006
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OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada will make it easier for employers in the booming western provinces of Alberta and British Columbia to hire temporary foreign workers in 170 different fields, Ottawa announced last week.The government said it would ease the r...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Mitchell Caplan, E Trade Financial Corp.’s chief executive officer, is reluctant to explain how his company came to own 1 million shares of BoysToys.Com Inc., a San Francisco strip-club operator that went bankrupt in 2001.“I’m ...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The cost of renting an office in London’s West End district climbed 17 percent in the past 12 months, cementing the area’s position as the world’s most expensive location for companies, a study by CB Richard Ellis Inc. showed.The...
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Top Bermuda insurance executive John Charman has been given permission to take his appeal against a ?48 million ($94 million) divorce settlement to Britain?s Court of Appeal.
The 54-year-old Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. chief executive was ordered in J...
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SEOUL, South Korea — Lone Star Funds, a Dallas-based private-equity firm, made big money in South Korea by investing billions of dollars in struggling businesses and other assets in the aftermath of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.Now it’s in big ...
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Anchor Investment Management has opened its new head office at Jardine House on Reid Street.
Anchor, which is also celebrating its tenth anniversary, said it has upgraded its communication and technology infrastructure at the new head office, which o...
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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index struck a record high yesterday as a positive outlook on bank earnings and steadying metal prices lifted financial institutions and miners.The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 87.92 points, ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2006
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Butterfield Bank's share price rose yesterday, helping to boost The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index on a light trading day.
Butterfield reversed recent losses and gained 50 cents to close at $55.50 on volume of 100 shares.
The rise in the ...
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Doris M. Goodman vs. Phyllis Burchall Simons-Soares. November 6, 2006. In person.
Edwin Lightbourne T/A Creative Exteriors vs. Chinve Dallas Lambert. November 7, 2006, Christopher Francis Forrest.
In the matter of Lasalle Re Limited in the matt...
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