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WASHINGTON - As a major rewrite of corporate tax law advanced closer to passage yesterday, a push to permit first-time government regulation of tobacco products was left on a House-Senate conference committee's cutting-room floor.
The tax package wil...
DATE: Oct 07, 2004
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Premier Alex Scott yesterday floated the idea of creating a regional insurance pool to help cover damage from future natural catastrophes in Caribbean nations after some were devastated by unprecedented hurricane activity this season.
The combined ef...
DATE: Oct 07, 2004
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A former director of White House economic policy told a local audience yesterday that the most important issue western economies must address to remain competitive in the future is education.
Todd Buchholz was the keynote speaker at the Eighteenth In...
DATE: Oct 07, 2004
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A wave of Bermuda-based reinsurers that formed in the post-September 11 hard market may be less quick to consolidate than predecessor companies setting up in 1993 in response to the hard catastrophe market following Hurricane Andrew.
A flurry of merg...
DATE: Oct 06, 2004
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Getting the latest technical edge just became a little more affordable after it was announced the local price for the popular Blackberry was dropping by $80.
Last month, at a special customer forum hosted by AT&T Wireless (Bermuda) and attended by a ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2004
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One of XL Capital?s senior executives is leaving the company to pursue personal interests.
Robert R. Lusardi, chief executive officer of XL?s Financial Products & Services (FP&S) business, one of XL?s three core business segments, is to leave the com...
DATE: Oct 06, 2004
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Hamilton Docks cargo handlers Stevedoring Services Ltd.?s profits for the year jumped by 68 percent to more than $1 million as the company benefited from the continued surge in imports.
But the company again warned that cramped conditions at the Dock...
DATE: Oct 06, 2004
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Bank of Bermuda yesterday announced the appointment of Cary Klivan as head of Global Fund Services (GFS) in Bermuda.
Mr. Klivan (pictured) is a CPA with 17 years of experience in the investment industry. He has been with Bank of Bermuda for six years...
DATE: Oct 06, 2004
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Another commercial construction project is in the works for the north end of Hamilton. A company called Sago Ltd. has applied for permission with the Department of Planning to construct a new mixed use commercial office building at 9 Par-la- Ville Ro...
DATE: Oct 06, 2004
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When Gibbons Company opened its Kenneth Cole store last week, yet another foreign brand name joined a growing list of store names that have begun to crop up in the city of Hamilton. From Benetton to Max Mara, Louis Vuitton to FCUK, such names now fea...
DATE: Oct 06, 2004
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