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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regional phone company XO Communications Inc. yesterday sweetened its bid to acquire Bermuda-based Global Crossing Ltd. and said it is willing to bid for either the debt or the assets to take control of the bankrupt high-speed ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2003
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Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA) has reacted angrily to a story in the Canadian press which labelled the Island as a tax haven and mistakenly said that it had been blacklisted - and demanded a retraction.
And BIBA has written a stron...
DATE: Jun 13, 2003
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Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans," sang John Lennon.
That certainly seems to have been Tina Stevenson's experience.
"In my life all the big decisions were made for me. Of course the biggest one was Kevin dying."
To look at T...
DATE: Jun 13, 2003
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Bank of Butterfield stock pushed up the Bermuda Stock Exchange index yesterday on a quiet day of trading.
The bank's stock rose 25 cents to close at $34, trading just 426 shares. The only other trade was 100 Belco stock, which finished unchanged at $...
DATE: Jun 13, 2003
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(June 13, 2003)
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A writ has been filed by Island Cleaning Service Ltd against David Smith.
A writ has been filed in the matter of Sunflower Technologies Ltd. and in the matter of Company's act of 1981 section 261 (b).
A writ has been filed in th...
DATE: Jun 13, 2003
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Had the Bank of Bermuda been using a company like QuoVadis to screen its e-mails and stop Spam, 14 staff could have been spared the axe.
The Bermuda technology company last month began offering its customers the new Sweeper Managed E-Mail System whic...
DATE: Jun 13, 2003
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index yesterday closed at 2,425.71, a decline of 1.72 points or 0.07 percent, on a volume of 500 shares.
BF&M shares were the only mover, dipping 25 cents or 2.4 percent to $10.
DATE: Jun 12, 2003
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Bermuda is still the king of the captive domicile hill - but is losing ground to rivals Cayman Islands and Vermont, according to 2002 figures which showed a bumper year for these types of insurance companies.
And this comes after record year when 462...
DATE: Jun 12, 2003
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The formation of rent-a-captives jumped by 20 percent world-wide - but there is no statistical information to say how Bermuda did in this type of formation.
And 50 percent of all new insurance is now being formed in alternative markets, according to ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2003
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US business calm despite Iraq war
The US led invasion of Iraq has not led to increased fears among corporate America, according to a survey by Allianz Global Risks.
This week Allianz released the results of a survey of 300 risk professionals who atte...
DATE: Jun 12, 2003
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