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Financial institutions need to get serious about cryptocurrencies, a technology expert said today.
Stephen Stonberg is the CEO of Bittrex Global, one of the world’s largest blockchain digital-asset trading platforms.
He was a keynote speaker at the B...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Bermuda’s regulators “get it” when it comes to understanding the future of digital technologies and specifically fintech opportunities.
This was the view of Appleby partner Jerome Wilson during the opening day of the virtual Bermuda Tech Summit, host...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
A majority of companies do not have a handle on their third-party cyber risks, which are obscured by the complexity of their business relationships and vendor/supplier networks, a global survey by the professional services firm PwC has revealed.
The ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
The Government expects that Bermuda will emerge as a capital for climate-risk finance and a hub for climate-tech innovation.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said: “Over time, we are confident that this new sector will emerge as a pillar of...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Bermudian-based Signet Jewelers Limited, the world’s largest retailer of diamond jewellery, has agreed to acquire Diamonds Direct USA Inc in a $490 million deal.
Signet said that Diamonds Direct is an off-mall, destination jeweller in the United Stat...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Moody's Investors Service has revised the Bermuda-incorporated Weatherford International Ltd’s rating outlook from negative to stable and assigned a B3 rating to the company’s proposed $1.5 billion senior unsecured notes due in 2030.
At the same time...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
There is an appeal from local and international business leaders encouraging residents to take protective measures against Covid-19.
The statement said: “The local and international business communities strongly encourage everyone in Bermuda to activ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
International Business professionals have launched the Association for Corporate Racial Equity (ACRE) in response to “the historic and present under-representation of Black Bermudians in International Business”.
On Wednesday morning ACRE will host a ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Sveinung Støhle is to step down as chief executive officer of Bermuda-based Höegh LNG Partners LP after 16 years with the company.
The floating liquefied natural gas service provider said that Mr Støhle will remain in his position until November 1.
H...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
The Bermuda registered owner and operator of one of the world's largest land-based drilling rig fleets, is in an Algerian court today (Monday), facing a multimillion-dollar judgment — a ruling against the company that Algeria’s Supreme Court has alre...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor