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Devonshire Industries saw its share price rise by 11.6 percent ($1.45) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The consumer company traded 600 shares to close the day at $13.95.
The only othe...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are not giving up on the stock market's rally, but they are not making big bets either.
Stocks ended a quiet day mixed yesterday as traders remained hesitant to push further into the market following a week-long surge on str...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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Bermudian economics student Chelsea Mayeaux has won a four-year scholarship from the XL Foundation.
Chelsea, the daugther of Daren and Cindy Mayeaux of Paget, was selected from a field of 25 applicants for the scholarship, which is open to Bermudians...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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The future of Bermuda's number one industry — international business sector — was on show at the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) Education Awards 2009 held at the Harbourfront Restaurant yesterday.
But it was one of the former s...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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Max Specialty Insurance Company has gained approval to write surplus lines business in Puerto Rico completing its coverage of the entire US.
The Delaware-licensed insurer, a unit of Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd., had previously earned approval...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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Bermuda-based Nephila Capital has raised $800 million in the second quarter of this year from institutional investors targeting catastrophe reinsurance funds.
Greg Hagood, the fund's co-founder, told the Financial Standard that pension funds, hedge f...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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Just over half of respondents in a poll of readers of the industry magazine Reactions believe that Bermuda is still the place for new insurers to go with start-up capital.
While the Island has attracted the vast majority of start-ups and their capita...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second largest drug maker by revenues, posted an 11 percent rise in second-quarter profit yesterday after strong pharmaceutical sales in emerging markets helped offset the impact of generic competition in th...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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LONDON - Britain's leading shares index added 0.3 percent, extending its winning streak to eight sessions thanks to modest gains on Wall Street and solid second-quarter results from drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline. The FTSE 100 closed at 4,493.73 points,...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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Bermudian James Keyes has been appointed to the boards of the Renaissance Pre-IPO Fund, Renfin Ltd., Renaissance Russia Distressed Assets Ltd. and Russia Infrastructure Equities Ltd.
Mr. Keyes, who has been the managing director of Renaissance Capita...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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