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If you've ever been caught short of coins for the ticket machine in a city parking lot, you'll appreciate the value of a new in-vehicle parking meter device.
EasyPark is a gadget with a digital screen that motorists can display in their car instead o...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks rose for a fifth day, led by material and energy producers, as inflation concerns and a weaker US dollar boosted gold prices and Canadian factory sales increased the most in 11 years.
Barrick Gold Corp., the worl...
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Inflation continued to stay at its lowest level since at least the 1970s with the rate remaining at 1.2 percent for July 2009 - the same as the previous month - according to the latest Government statistics.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Pri...
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LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 hit its highest closing level in a year, led by banks and miners and spurred by appetite for risky assets as optimism about the pace of global economic recovery intensified. The index closed up 82 points, or 1.63 percent h...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Robert Benmosche, chief executive officer of American International Group Inc., was rebuffed by the insurer's board after saying he should be allowed personal use of the bailed-out company's aircraft, according to two people fa...
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Bermuda has not been singled out by the UK government among its hitlist of offshore low-tax jurisdictions that may need to be bailed out as a result of economic crisis, Finance Minister Paula Cox has claimed.
Ms Cox, who was speaking a press conferen...
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Bermuda life reinsurer Scottish Re Group Ltd. has announced net income of $176.9 million for the second quarter on the back of a strong market recovery that boosted asset values.
The profit broke down to 81 cents per share and compared to a loss of $...
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. saw its share price soar by $1.50, or 17.6 percent, to $10 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The insurer traded 700 shares, while Butterfield Bank's common shares also rose five cents, or one percent, to $5.05, ...
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The market for new insurance companies starting up in Bermuda dried up last month with no new firms incorporating on the Island during August.
This follows only two companies being launched in July, with the numbers having peaked in May and June as f...
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TBI and SunGard Availability Services are teaming up to provide managed IT services to business and carrier class customers.
The partnership will complement TBI's investment in its data centre to support hosting of high density servers.
It is aimed a...
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