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Gibbons Company is to take over The Knick Knack premises on Reid Street. David A. White, managing director of The Knick Knack, said he had no comment at this stage. Gibbons Company managing director, David Gibbons, said: "We are in advanced discussio...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd., parent company of Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. (AWAC), has announced that it has been granted a licence to operate in Ireland and has opened a new European head office in Dublin.
A new subsid...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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Leading Bermuda-based insurer ACE Ltd. narrowed its third quarter loss, but failed to report a net profit as a result of after-tax losses from August's European floods and $205 million in after-tax net realised losses.
ACE reported a third-quarter ne...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index gained for the second straight day as Bank of Butterfield's stock rose on the back of good earnings announced on Monday.
The Index closed up 5.51 points at 2,186.01 on volume of 5,814 shares worth $141,2...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb may try to block a bid by Atlantic Tele-Network to buy up to 100 percent of cellular phone company Bermuda Digital Communications.
But any attempt to thwart the deal would probably fail since BDC already has a l...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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A month ago I bought Wacom's Graphire2 tablet, in a bid to end the frustration of editing my digital photographs using a mouse.
It works great. I recommend such tablets - and there are a few companies that provide alternatives to Wacom's version - fo...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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Bermuda-registered Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd., the reinsurance unit of insurer St. Paul Cos., raised $677 million in an initial public share sale yesterday, as investors bet that rising premiums will translate into profits.
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DATE: Oct 29, 2002
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The original Meyer branch in St George's has closed after 126 years in business. Vice president Cheryl Hayward-Chew confirmed that the one remaining staff member in the St George's branch would be leaving the company.
It was, therefore, judged "a "go...
DATE: Oct 29, 2002
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index inched up 0.07 points yesterday as Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd. was the only stock to change price.
Bermuda Press, owners of The Royal Gazette, edged up five cents to close at $10.05 on volume of 300 sh...
DATE: Oct 29, 2002
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Some of the record 67 graduates of insurance programmes are pictured here, after attaining certification in a number of insurance-related courses of study at the Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII).
The Institute's Director of Education & Training, Pet...
DATE: Oct 29, 2002
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