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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended lower yesterday as falling commodity prices rattled the resource-heavy market and ate away at gains made after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was recovering.
Shares of Suncor Energy, the b...
DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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Office Web Apps is Microsoft's answer to Google Docs, which is used by many in the business world to collaborate online with colleagues on working documents and spreadsheets.
The company is currently providing limited-access technical previews of the...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Awareness is steadily growing of Bermuda's role on the global stage and what it has to offer the international community at large, according to the latest survey by the Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA).
The 2009 Bermuda Awareness Sur...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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MIAMI (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp., the biggest cruise- line operator, rose the most in three months after raising its full-year earnings forecast because of better-than-expected ticket bookings during the summer.
Carnival rose $2.20, or 6.8 percent,...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Bermuda Container Line Ltd. (BCL) boosted its profits by 27 percent or $416,500 for the first half of this year due to receiving an insurance payout on one of its ships and enjoying a rise in investment income.
But the shipping line that owns weekly ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss bank UBS AG said yesterday it will inform American clients whether their bank accounts are among the 4,450 that will be revealed to the US Justice Department in a tax evasion investigation.
UBS said it would comply with...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Torus adds top underwriter
Bermuda-based Torus has expanded its construction team with the appointment of Richard Girden to the role of vice-president and senior underwriter to help provide local support services for brokers in North America.
Based i...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The global recession is taking its toll on even the priciest shopping streets, where rents have plunged the most in at least 24 years, according to Cushman & Wakefield Inc., the largest closely held real estate broker.
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DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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The Ascendant Group Ltd. saw its share drop 45 cents (2.8 percent) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The utilities company traded 315 shares to close at $15.55.
Other traders included Butterfield Bank, which saw 26,745 common shares chan...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's competition watchdog yesterday said it has imposed fines totalling £129.5 million ($211 million) on 103 construction companies that it said colluded in bidding for contracts.
Eighty-six of the 103 companies were given lower pe...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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