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LISBON (Reuters) - A crucial new phase of Portugal’s bailout negotiations began under a cloud yesterday after an anti-euro party in Finland that has vowed to derail the pending rescue scored strong gains in an election.
Portuguese debt premiums rose ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2011
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Economy
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WASHINGTON (AP) The world’s major economies have reached an agreement on how to measure the types of dangerous imbalances that contributed to the worst global financial downturn in seven decades.
Yesterday’s deal was announced in a joint statement is...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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Economy
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LONDON (Reuters) The Bank of England held interest rates at a record-low 0.5 percent yesterday, opting to wait for clearer signs of recovery before following the European Central Bank in tightening policy.
Although inflation in Britain is almost twic...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Economy
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MADRID (Reuters) Spain vowed yesterday it would not follow ailing neighbour Portugal in seeking a European bailout, and a successful Spanish bond auction suggested markets do not immediately fear contagion.
The fall of another euro zone domino follow...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Economy
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DUBLIN (Bloomberg) Bank of Ireland Plc and its ICB Building Society unit will increase rates on fixed-rate mortgages of between 0.7 percent and 1.3 percent, according to a company spokeswoman.
The move follows the European Central Bank’s decision tod...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Economy
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The Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC) has released seven more employees as part of its continued shift in strategy, coming on top of the 25 staff the company made redundant last year, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A BTC spokeswoman said yesterday that ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Economy
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C-Travel has been the subject of takeover interest from three large travel operators, according to CEO Carl Paiva.
Mr Paiva said that the companies had each expressed an interest in buying his firm but nothing had been confirmed as yet.
He said that ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Economy
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HSBC Bank Bermuda has been named the Best Bank in Bermuda for 2011 by Global Finance magazine.
The bank was recognised for carefully attending to their customers’ needs in difficult markets and accomplishing better results while laying the foundation...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Economy
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Bermuda needs to build another pillar to its economy in order to adapt to a changing global market, according to Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox.
Ms Cox, who was the keynote speaker at the 2011 American Central Securities Depositories Associat...
DATE: Mar 25, 2011
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Economy
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The disaster that devastated Japan this month has not had any significant impact on one of Bermuda’s top auto dealers which does business with a number of the country’s vehicle manufacturers.
HWP Group president Jonathan Brewin said that despite the ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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