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Max Re Capital Ltd. closed 2005 with small profit despite catastrophe losses which sent the Bermuda-based company to a fourth quarter 2005 loss of $11.4 million or 20 cents per share.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, the company reported earning...
DATE: Feb 14, 2006
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Inflation slowed to 2.5 percent in December, believed to be its lowest rate since 2002, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Statistics.
Quarterly comparisons with 2004 show a reduction in consumer price inflation between the...
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) ? EFG International, a Swiss bank catering to wealthy investors, bought Capital Management Advisors from the founders, Sabby Mionis and Angelos Metaxa, to expand its hedge-fund business.
The estimated price will be less than ten ti...
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index remained unchanged yesterday to close at 4,320.35 as no shares traded.
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Frontline profit likely to fall
OSLO (Bloomberg) - Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen's Frontline Ltd., the world's largest oil tanker company by capacity, may say fourth-quarter profit fell the most since 2002 as an expansion in the global fleet ...
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JOHANNESBERG (Bloomberg) ? Aquarius Platinum Ltd., which digs for platinum in South Africa and Zimbabwe, said fiscal first-half profit rose more than fourfold as production surged to a record and it sold the metal for higher prices.
Net income for th...
DATE: Feb 13, 2006
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Appleby Spurling Hunter has been recognised as a leading offshore law firm in a number of recently released international publications.
Chambers and Partners Global Directory awarded Appleby Spurling Hunter a number one ranking in Bermuda.
Appleby wa...
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Harbor Point, the biggest and most highly rated new Bermuda reinsurer, has sufficient capital to become a ?substantial, recognised? name in the market, chief executive John Berger says, but growth isn?t the company?s ultimate goal.
?I don?t know if w...
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LIMA (Bloomberg) ? Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. expects its Latin American sales to grow by 12 percent this year on rising tourism and business travel, vice president Filip Boyen said.
The Bermuda-based company will bid on Brazil's Cataratas do Iguacu ...
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index reached another all-time high on Friday, gaining 125.239 points or 2.9 percent to close the week at 4,320.35.
For the year to date, the Index has been on a tear, rising 436.27 points or 11.2 percent sinc...
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