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WASHINGTON (AP) — US home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in two-an-a-half years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.
Home sales nationwide are now up nearly 37 ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. fell 18.02 percent ($1.55) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The insurer closed the day at $7.05, with 5,000 shares traded.
Butterfield Bank also traded 5,000 common shares, but its share price held firm at $4.
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DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - Investors halted a three-day losing streak on the stock market yesterday, sending prices broadly higher on a weaker dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers.
Major stock indexes soared more than one percent, including the Do...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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Scottish Re Group Ltd.'s net income for the third quarter was around four times the value of the company's shares.
The Bermuda-based life reinsurer posted a net profit of $201.9 million, or 92 cents per share, for the July through September period. Y...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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Bermuda-based investment company WP Stewart & Co. Ltd. reported a net loss of $9.6 million for first half of this year, as revenue plunged.
Income from fees dipped from $17.6 million to $8 million for the January through June period as total revenue ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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Even smokers support bans to prohibit lighting up in the workplace, according to a new survey.
The international poll of nearly 5,000 people by research institute RTI International and Harris Interactive showed that nearly three-quarters of workers w...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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XL Capital Ltd. yesterday announced the appointment of W. Myron Hendry to the newly created position of chief platform officer.
Mr. Hendry, who will be based in the company's Stamford, Connecticut offices, will join XL on December 1 and will be respo...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — The international economy is still fragile and vulnerable to shocks despite recent improvements in financial markets, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund said yesterday.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn told business leaders ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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Nearly half of Europe's unemployed stay out of work for at least a year, a European Union report said yesterday, far more than in the US.
Some four million people have lost their jobs since last year's financial crisis triggered an economic downturn ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2009
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Marshall Diel & Myers, Barristers and Attorneys has announced the appointment of Darren Donnithorne as a property associate in the property department.
Mr. Donnithorne has broad experience of property law, including all aspects of residential and com...
DATE: Nov 23, 2009
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