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SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Calpers, the $133 billion pension fund, on Friday urged the top 100 shareholders of Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd. to vote against keeping the conglomerate's corporate address in Bermuda.
In a letter to Tyco'...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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The Property Insurance Industry is showing signs of softening, but is it ready for it yet?
The first signs of the insurance market softening are starting to appear as the property market finds insureds are not willing to pay large premiums for terror...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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A Virginia auctioneer who last month attempted to hold an auction at the Elbow Beach hotel, but had to leave the Island for an alleged immigration violation, has been subject to legal action in the US for deceptive business practices at auctions.
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DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange index closed slightly down for last week in moderate trading.
The index fell a barely perceptible 0.017 points on a volume of 30,811 shares worth $739,319.20.
The week's big movers were KeyTech Ltd which fell ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a market where investors have no appetite for risk, just one company is willing to bet it can successfully debut its stock.
Bermuda-based property and casualty insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. hopes to sell as much as...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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Bermuda was in the headlines of The Salt Lake Tribune last week.
The subject of Bermuda as a so-called "offshore tax haven" reared its head in Utah because the governor there, Mike Leavitt, is lobbying for businesses to base themselves in his state. ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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Talking or writing about women's financial issues often provokes comments, or makes people, specifically the opposite sex, a tad uncomfortable.
Remarks such as "this sounds like male bashing", or "isn't this a little discriminatory? " often surface. ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2003
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Anthony Faries is the proud owner of Roseglenn Cottage in Sandys Parish, which he bought 16 years ago at the tender age of 23.
At the time, he was working as a bar-tender and a shop keeper for Henry's Pantry in Southampton.
"It's not what you make, i...
DATE: Feb 22, 2003
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange closed down1.38 points yesterday at 2,230.24
A relatively high volume of shares worth $129,100 changed hands.
The Bank of Butterfield sold 1,100 shares and Bermuda Commercial Bank sold 3,600 shares but there w...
DATE: Feb 22, 2003
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Troubled Bermuda insurer Trenwick Group Ltd. slumped to a $198.1 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2002 and a $386.1 million loss for the 2002 financial year, it announced yesterday.
The losses, which are the equivalent of a $5.39 per share loss ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2003
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