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As an update to the column I wrote about Bermuda not being a tax haven, I thought it would be interesting to note that Stanley Works recently announced that it was going to eliminate 1000 jobs and close four plants and five warehouses to cut costs. T...
DATE: Apr 28, 2003
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index slipped 3.33 points yesterday to close at 2,322.57 on two shares changing hands.
The Bank of Butterfield closed at unchanged at $33.25 on a volume of 23,089 shares and the Bermuda Commercial Bank closing...
DATE: Apr 26, 2003
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It is 4.45 am. The baby daughter emits a few squalls; time to get up for the first baby meal of the day. In her haste, she stumbles, the sooner to quell the noise. No need to wake up child number one yet, oh, he of boundless energy. Wet diapers chang...
DATE: Apr 26, 2003
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Bermuda-based AlphaStar Insurance Group Limited is perilously close to being delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange for failing to file its annual report for 2002 on time.
The company has received a notice of delisting from NASDAQ and unless it requ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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It's what we all dream about: taking a break from the rat race in our mid-30s, selling up the business and setting off on our travels.
Peter Aldrich, of Fast Forward Freight, has decided it's time to take his nose off the grindstone and announced yes...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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Bermuda-based ACE Limited yesterday experienced the knock-on effects of the financial deterioration of other reinsurers in the industry.
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the rating of ACE Limited's debt and the financial strength rating of one of its sub...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved reading. She loved books and even had a summer job at the Bookmart (part of the Phoenix Group), but a big bad wolf told her she should go and get a real job, so she gave it up to work in a hotel and then a...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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KFC (Bermuda) Ltd.'s performance improved dramatically in the second half of its financial year, as sales jumped by $117,430, the company announced yesterday.
The second half performance offset a poor performance in the first six months of the year, ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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Bermuda Computer Services yesterday reported a massive increase in its operating profit for 2002, but said its Internet subsidiary Transact had recorded a $453,000 loss.
BCS recorded net income for the 12 months to December 31, 2002 of $176,112 compa...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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"What a difference a year makes," says Brian O'Hearne, chief executive of Bermuda-based Aquila Re, which is currently winding down most of its operations.
Its parent company, Kansas City based Aquila Merchant Services, Inc. (Aquila Inc) is undergoing...
DATE: Apr 24, 2003
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