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Developments in catastrophe modelling since Hurricane Katrina and how they have helped the industry face recent natural disasters such as Hurricanes Ike and Gustav were among some of the key talking points at Bermuda (Re)Insurance 2009 conference yes...
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LONDON (AP) — British Airways PLC and Spanish airline Iberia SA confirmed they were holding separate board meetings yesterday about a long-awaited merger, responding to feverish speculation that has sent the companies' shares soaring.
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The rental market has recovered this year from the oversupply of the last quarter of 2008, with the average number of days properties are on the market down by 11 percent over 2008 year to date.
That is according to Coldwell Banker Bermuda Realty's R...
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BEIJING (AP) — China signalled yesterday that it's ready to allow its currency to rise just days ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama.
China's central bank said in its quarterly monetary policy report that it will improve the yuan exchange rate...
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Helping to make kids' dreams a reality has been the focus of the Heritage International Scholarship Trust Foundation since it was set up more than 40 years ago.
Heritage yesterday announces that the company has paid out $2.29 million in Bermuda this ...
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LONDON (AP) — Telecommunications company BT Group PLC, yesterday, reported that net profit fell 29 percent in the second quarter but upgraded its full-year guidance and said it was making good progress in reducing costs.
For the three months ending S...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Playboy Enterprises Inc., the men's magazine publisher, is in talks to sell itself to Iconix Brand Group Inc., according to two people close to the situation. Playboys stock jumped as much as 66 percent.
Iconix, the owner of th...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp will pay rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc $1.25 billion to settle all outstanding legal disputes, in a move that could weaken antitrust authorities' cases against Intel.
Shares of AMD jumped 20 percent y...
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new york (Bloomberg) — Lawrence Velvel, a Bernard Madoff victim who is dean of the Massachusetts School of Law, urged a judge to investigate why the liquidator for the con man's firm chose to ignore fake profit from the fraud when calculating custome...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The U.K. Serious Fraud Office said it was investigating Dynamic Decisions Capital Management Ltd., a hedge fund based in the Cayman Islands.
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