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revitalise its shipping industry.
Britain recently announced it is to introduce a low-rate tonnage-based corporation tax, designed to attract merchant vessels on to its shipping registry -- which has decreased from 1,300 to 250.
The Department of Tra...
DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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Rating agency A.M. Best Co. put a cloud over Terra Nova's proposed merger yesterday by setting its financial strength rating "under review with negative implications''.
And the rating powerhouse left a question mark on the financial strength, debt an...
DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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take a $1.44 billion hit on second-quarter earnings in a possible move to stop a huge disputed tax bill from ballooning.
United Parcel Service announced it would set the money aside on Monday, a week after a federal judge ruled the Atlanta-based ship...
DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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in this weekend.
But, depending on the outcome of talks to resolve the ongoing Stevedoring Services dispute on Hamilton Docks, the Project Orient may have to wait until Monday before unloading.
Meanwhile, the Oleander arrived on Sunday and had not de...
DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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yesterday it has signed up French telecom company Alcatel.
In the deal understood to be worth $700 million, Alcatel will build a South American portion of the planned telecommunications network.
The French company is to design, manufacture and instal...
DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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as part of the Tourism Department's cruise-fly campaign, has named new executives to manage the company's growth.
Commodore recently announced plans for a ship from its subsidiary Crown Cruise Line to sail to Bermuda from Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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Overall the BSX Index lost 21.98 points to close at 1,498.35 on a volume of 23,749 shares worth $437,107 and 20,500 US shares worth $89,500.
DATE: Aug 18, 1999
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TeleBermuda has joined Cable & Wireless in its battle against Logic Communication's slashed-rate long-distance service.
TeleBermuda provides Logic with its fibre-optic connection and company COO Scott Socol acknowledged that Logic was essentially res...
DATE: Aug 17, 1999
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net loss for its second quarter, as a result of a judge's recent ruling that the company was illegally using offshore companies as tax shelters.
The move announced yesterday could set the stage for the Atlanta-based shipping giant to pay the tax bill...
DATE: Aug 17, 1999
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