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(Bloomberg) HSBC Holdings Plc., Europe?s biggest bank by market value, said profit at its US commercial and consumer lending units fell 8.9 percent in the third quarter, hurt by costs related to Hurricane Katrina.
Net income at HSBC USA Inc. and HSB...
DATE: Nov 18, 2005
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has been promoted to the position of Chairman and CEO of Arch Worldwide Reinsurance Group, effective immediately.
Mr. Grandisson will succeed Dwight Evans, one of the founders of the Company?s reinsurance operations.
Mr. Evans, who joined the company...
DATE: Nov 18, 2005
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index fell 6.13 points yesterday to close at 3,802.84.
BF&M was the only issue to change price, declining 50 cents to close at $16.50 as investors traded in 300 shares.
Butterfield Bank remain unchanged at $46...
DATE: Nov 18, 2005
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(Bloomberg) Lloyd?s of London, the world?s biggest insurance market, is developing a three-year plan to make itself a more ?affordable? place to trade and prevent rival regions such as Bermuda from gaining market share.
The plan will target reducing...
DATE: Nov 18, 2005
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A new survey on compensation found that international businesses in the Bermuda market are increasingly tying compensation to performance and also offering signing bonuses, long-term bonuses and non-monetary forms of compensation to attract and retai...
DATE: Nov 18, 2005
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Recruitment agency BermudaJOBS has posted two consultants to newly opened London and Toronto offices in a bid to help Bermuda firms source hard-to-get professionals.
The demand is especially high for qualified accountants, information technology pers...
DATE: Nov 18, 2005
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Amber Partners, a Bermuda company that provides operational hedge fund due diligence, has launched a new programme to help investors assess whether a fund has sufficient controls.
Under the programme, Amber does a 100-hour independent due diligence a...
DATE: Nov 17, 2005
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index fell 1.96 points yesterday to close at 3,808.97.
On an otherwise quiet of day of trading Battlefield Bank gained 20 cents to close at $46.00 as investors traded in 8,150 shares and Bermuda Commercial Ban...
DATE: Nov 17, 2005
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As Closet Creations celebrates ten years in Bermuda owner Joe McGann has carved a niche expanding closet space for large and small homes.
With an increasing number of women in the workforce and professionals wanting to maintain proper business attire...
DATE: Nov 17, 2005
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Overseas purchases by residents returning to the Island from business and vacation trips jumped 16.7 percent in September 2005, while total retail sales for the month advanced 3.9 percent on the heels of a sizeable 10.3 percent increase in the previo...
DATE: Nov 17, 2005
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