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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
Legal firm Sedgwick Chudleigh has appointed a new partner.
Nick Miles, who joined the firm in 2010, joins Mark Chudleigh and Alex Potts as a partner.
Mr Chudleigh said: “It is with great pleasure that we ring in 2017 by growing our partner team.
“Nic...
DATE: Jan 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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The UK Crown Dependency of Jersey is facing a massive deficit dubbed “the black hole”.
The small self-governing territory off the coast of France faces a budget shortfall of more than $178 million a year by 2019 as a result of a downturn in business....
DATE: Jan 03, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A decades-long rum war between the Communist Cuban government and Bermudian-based drinks giant Bacardi is to feature on a top US TV news show.
CBS current affairs flagship 60 Minutes will on Sunday examine the fight for control of the Havana Club bra...
DATE: Dec 30, 2016
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Google moved $15.5 billion to its Bermuda subsidiary last year, a 40 per cent increase on the amount it sent to the island in 2014.
By doing so, it saved an estimated $3.6 billion in worldwide taxes, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The figures co...
DATE: Dec 23, 2016
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Biopharmaceutical firm Sellas has appointed financial management veteran Bill Pollett as its chief financial officer.
Sellas, which develops immunotherapeutic products to treat a variety of cancers, said they were pleased to attract a CFO with Mr Pol...
DATE: Dec 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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The Bermuda Business Development Agency has appointed two new directors.
Andrea Jackson, senior vice-president and trust relationship manager at Lombard Odier Trust Bermuda and Stephen Weinstein, senior vice-president and group general counsel at Ren...
DATE: Dec 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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