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Reach for the top — and don’t eliminate choices too soon or worry about the myth of balance.
That’s the message successful female executives are telling young women in school and in the workplace. For years, many ambitious women were ducking criticis...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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Bermuda-based reinsurers saw their their 2006 net income soar to $5 billion and their combined ratios plummet and after a relatively mild hurricane season, according to a recent report by Fitch Ratings.
But it warned that the likelihood of lower rate...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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It is better to give than to receive, and many Bermuda businesses do just that at Christmas, setting aside a portion of their sales for charity.
One charity that is benefiting is the Cornerstone Foundation, the one-year-old charitable arm of Cornerst...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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LONDON (Reuters) — The London Stock Exchange has been left with few options to defend itself from Nasdaq Stock Markets Inc.'s unwanted attentions after British financial markets broker ICAP's decision not to pursue fresh merger talks, analysts said y...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Lazard Ltd., the investment bank run by Bruce Wasserstein, plans to sell 12 million shares ? half by the company and the rest by current and former managing directors ? to repay debt and make investments.
Total proceeds would b...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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Overuse of the Internet for personal matters by employees has always been a problem for companies ever since the advent of the technology. Now studies indicate that persistent Internet use may be a sign of a larger problem that managers may have to t...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Stung by hurricane losses, two major US insurers, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and Allstate Corp. are boosting their participation in the growing market for catastrophe bonds, which protect from storm, earthquake and ot...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Lazard Ltd., the investment bank run by Bruce Wasserstein, plans to sell 12 million shares — half by the company and the rest by current and former managing directors — to repay debt and make investments.Total proceeds would be...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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The makers of video game consoles may someday develop a machine that delivers on all the pre-launch hype, but we’re not there yet.
The new PlayStation 3 from Sony Corp., the Wii by Nintendo Co., and even the year-old Xbox 360 from Microsoft are not m...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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The London branch of professional services firm Deloitte is calling for a tax break aimed at property catastrophe insurers to halt the exodus of insurers to Bermuda, The Financial Times reported this week.
The firm has warned that the departure of Ll...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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