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(The Wall Street Journal)
With Tropical Storm Chris moving its way through the Atlantic, it could be time for investors to think again about hurricane-proofing their portfolios.
The stock market was surprisingly resilient last year after Hurricane Ka...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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XL Capital Ltd.'s spin-off of its financial guaranty insurance and reinsurance business saw its shares open at $20.90 on Wednesday, above their $20.50 IPO price, to become the richest US insurance IPO since 2004.
The Bermuda-based financial guaranty ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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TRENTON, New Jersey ? High-tech manufacturing and services conglomerate Tyco International Ltd. said on Thursday its third-quarter profit dropped 27 percent as rising materials costs and two charges outweighed higher revenue.
Tyco, best known for its...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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Experts said there are a variety of strategies consumers might consider if they are worried that their investments may be affected by violence and instability in the Middle East, or anywhere else for that matter.
Richard Bernstein, the chief investme...
DATE: Aug 05, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index remained unchanged on Wednesday to close at 4,913.88.
The only activity on the Exchange saw Butterfield Bank trade in 625 shares to close unchanged at $59.50.
The total value of the shares bought and sol...
DATE: Aug 05, 2006
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In a recent poll conducted by AARP (American Association of Retire Persons) indicates that many American workers may not have adjusted to the new economic reality:
That responsibility for funding retirement is shifting from business and government on...
DATE: Aug 05, 2006
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Before Cup Match, I ran into a friend I haven?t seen for a while. He surprised me ? greatly ? by revealing that he was 65, even though he looked about 38. His face was almost entirely wrinkle-free, on which I commented. ?My wrinkles are all on the in...
DATE: Aug 05, 2006
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? IRS Commissioner Mark Everson told senators yesterday that a trend towards a world economy helps wealthy taxpayers hide money in complicated transactions offshore, virtually invisible to tax agents.
?We have real difficulties findin...
DATE: Aug 02, 2006
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Wendell T. Eve against CarIsle A.L. Simmons.
In the matter of Dermo Corporation Limited in the matter of the Companies Act 1981.
In the matter of Get Fit Foundation (GEFF) International Ltd. in the matter of the Companies Act 1981.
Jose Gil DaS...
DATE: Aug 02, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Security Capital Assurance Ltd., a Bermuda-based holding company for XL Capital Ltd.?s financial guaranty insurance business, raised about $460.2 million yesterday in its initial public offering, below the forecast range, accordi...
DATE: Aug 02, 2006
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