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HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) ? Officials from three states are negotiating with Aon Inc. to settle investigations into the insurance broker?s business practices, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (pictured) said yesterday.
Blumenthal woul...
DATE: Feb 23, 2005
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I was sitting drinking with a friend who had just quit his job as a high-powered analyst with a major financial firm in Canada and I asked him what was the best thing about leaving.
"I no longer have a BlackBerry," he said. His two friends who still ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2005
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The ability for locals to invest in Bermuda-based insurance companies just expanded with the Bermuda Stock Exchange this week saying it had increased the number of companies listed on its Bermuda Insurance Index by three to 19.
Alea Group Limited, Qu...
DATE: Feb 23, 2005
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Tyco International Ltd. chief executive officer Edward Breen told investors he?s committed to the conglomerate after speculation he may be a candidate to replace Carly Fiorina as head of Hewlett-Packard Co.
?I commit to you and...
DATE: Feb 23, 2005
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Bermuda Press Holdings more than doubled its profits to $3.4 million for the 2004 financial year.
According to the company?s annual report released yesterday, Bermuda Press Holdings (BPH) ? which is the parent company of saw its profit levels for the...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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@MARKET ROUNDUP:BSX 3,263.89 unch
The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index saw no change yesterday, remaining at 3,263.89 points.
Butterfield Bank did see trading of 1,696 shares at $41.75 while telecoms company KeyTech Ltd. investors bought an...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday defended new regulations which require retailers to file for a special licence if they wish to open for business on Sundays.
Speaking to the Chamber of Commerce at an annual post-Budget breakfast meeting yesterday...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Santa was good to retailers last Christmas ? shoppers spent $65.2 million in Bermuda stores in December, an increase of 2.5 percent in real terms over 2003.
And for the year, shoppers handed over $592 million, a 6.3 percent ? 2.7 percent after subtra...
DATE: Feb 21, 2005
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PHILADELPHIA (Bloomberg) ? American International Group Inc., Allstate Corp. and two other insurers asked Pennsylvania regulators to block a plan by Bermuda-based ACE Ltd. to limit its costs from asbestos claims.
AIG, Allstate, St. Paul Travelers Cos...
DATE: Feb 21, 2005
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Insiders at Sonesta International Hotels Corp. (SNSTA.O) have sold almost 12 percent of their holdings over the past month, pocketing big profits from the stock?s stunning run up over that time.
Before January 18, the ordinarily ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2005
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