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Frontline Ltd this morning reported fourth-quarter profit of $18.3 million, beating analysts’ estimates.
However, Robert Hvide Macleod, the Hamilton-based oil tanker operator’s chief executive officer, predicted pressure on the rates at which the com...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Bermuda financial watchdogs have slapped a $1.5 million fine on financial services firm Sun Life Financial Investments for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and antiterrorist financing laws.
And the Bermuda Monetary Authority has banned th...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The weakness of the UK pound was the major factor driving the owner of Bermuda Commercial Bank to a $10.7 million loss in the fourth quarter of last year.
Somers Ltd, a Bermuda Stock Exchange-listed financial services holding company, said more than ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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The island office of global giant Marsh and Guy Carpenter is in the top five around the world for community volunteers.
The company, part of professional services firm Marsh & McLennan, last year saw 40 per cent of its total workforce take part in vo...
DATE: Feb 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A ship management company with offices in Bermuda is involved in the building of a potentially ground-breaking gas supply vessel.
The ship will be used to deliver liquefied natural gas for refuelling of ships, such as ferries, containers and cruise s...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermudian-based Frontline Ltd has acknowledged the decision by DHT Holdings to reject an offer to combine the crude oil tanker businesses.
Frontline, which is more than twice the size of DHT in terms of market capitalisation and fleet size, had propo...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A bid by Bermudian-based Frontline Ltd to acquire an independent crude oil tanker company less than half its size, is part of consolidation pressure across the sector.
And while the non-binding proposal has been rejected by the directors of DHT Holdi...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A Swiss company has signed a deal to buy a controlling share in Bermuda-based hi-tech firm QuoVadis.
And WISeKey, a leading cybersecurity and internet of things company, said it expects the acquisition to add more than $20 million in revenues to its ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Business leaders and the legal world warned that the island faces a period of “unprecedented uncertainty” as Donald Trump takes over as US president tomorrow amid campaign pledges of tax cuts and protectionism.
One senior reinsurance figure said: “Th...
DATE: Jan 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s shipping register is set to get a boost after China agreed to give island-flagged ships “most favoured” status.
Captain Pat Nawaratne, head of the Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority, set up last year, said the move would give the islan...
DATE: Jan 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor