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Half a century ago Batson Swan would regularly emerge from a hole in the wall in the Walker Arcade on Front Street and stroll around the block in his overalls hoping someone would need a plumber.
Fifty years later, the family business that still carr...
DATE: Apr 02, 2013
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermuda National Limited has announced that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire JOHIM CS Limited, the holding company of J O Hambro Investment Management Limited (JOHIM) and its affiliates, from Credit Suisse AG (CS).
The tot...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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Local Business
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Advice on how to attract and keep customers was doled out to a lively audience last week as more than 50 people attended the Economic Empowerment Zones Agency (EEZA) seminar targeted to retailers and vendors.
The two-hour seminar provided entrepreneu...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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Local Business
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Saltwater Jewellery Design has opened in St George’s as the Old Town continues to transform itself into an eclectic centre of art and small niche shops.
Selling necklaces, earrings and bracelets made of Bermuda seagrass, semi precious stones, fresh w...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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Local Business
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Bermuda National Limited has announced that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire JOHIM CS Limited, the holding company of J O Hambro Investment Management Limited (JOHIM) and its affiliates, from Credit Suisse AG (CS).
The tot...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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Local Business
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Islanders are sticking with tradition when it comes to their Easter kites, although they are getting more creative.
Local stores said kite-making supplies are flying off shelves in the lead-up to the Good Friday holiday. Sales of sticks, tissue and s...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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Local Business
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Bermuda remains the largest domicile in terms of active captives — a total of 856 as of the end of last year, the Bermuda Monetary Authority said yesterday.
And the BMA said despite the tough conditions, the Island’s insurance sector achieved strong ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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Local Business
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Butterfield Bank has cancelled its existing common share buy-back programme in order to implement a new programme for the purchase of up to 10 million common shares.
The bank’s board approved the move on Monday, agreeing the buy-back will not exceed ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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Local Business
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A soon-to-be implemented European directive affecting alternative investment fund managers is set to be signed, in a cooperation agreement capacity, by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
The move by the BMA should benefit Bermuda-based funds and fund ma...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A software firm and regulatory consultancy are joining forces to help companies in preparation for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
Bermuda-based Ignition, one of the Island’s leading providers of GRC software solutions, and Oyster Con...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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