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(Bloomberg) — Aquarius Platinum Ltd., which mines platinum and palladium in South Africa and Zimbabwe, said first- quarter profit increased more than fourfold after production rose to a record and metal prices climbed.Net income rose to $45 million, ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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LONDON — Flying in to London City airport, the view out the window is of the gleaming glass towers of Canary Wharf — a mini-city on the eastern edge of the British capital that has become the most vibrant financial centre in Europe.Just two decades a...
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(Bloomberg) — Lloyd’s of London, the world’s biggest insurance market, is seeking to boost participation in its capital pools by Asian individual investors.Fewer than 20 of some 2,000 individual members, called “names” on the 318-year-old market, are...
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Earnings Calls
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Renaissance Re Third Quarter Results
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. will conduct an investment community conference call on Tuesday October 31 at 10 a.m. to discuss its financial results for the third quarter of 2006, as well a...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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In terms of the environment, car companies are getting on the same page.
The number of highly fuel-efficient vehicles continues to grow. Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid and Ford Escape Hybrid top the government’s list of the mos...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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NEW YORK — With the cost of tuition and fees soaring, parents face a daunting task in trying to figure out how to finance their children’s college educations.The College Board, which tracks college pricing trends, reported earlier this week that tuit...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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Martin Merritt, the ex-controller of RenaissanceRe, settled fraud charges over his role in a "sham reinsurance transaction" that caused the company to file false financial statements in 2001 and 2002, US regulators said on Friday.
Mr. Merritt, who ne...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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The share prices of both Butterfield Bank and its takeover target Bermuda Commercial Bank fell yesterday, knocking 13.74 points off The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index.
The Index closed down 0.28 percent at 4,883.53.
On a light day of trad...
DATE: Oct 28, 2006
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he nickname for Bermudians is "Onions". It derives from the vegetables that were once the Island's most famous export. But with agriculture all but eradicated, and land at a premium because of the need for condos and hospitals and all that, the nickn...
DATE: Oct 28, 2006
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The Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 limited the amount of foreign housing exclusion that can be elected by US citizens and resident aliens living outside the United States.
The new law indicated that the Treasury Secretary coul...
DATE: Oct 28, 2006
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