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Just a couple of years ago, "financial planner" was showing up on lists as one of the best jobs in America. It paid well and was satisfying work. But that was pre-Madoff, and pre-meltdown.
Now those same advisers are under fire, and having a lot less...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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A British Virgin Islands-based investment holding company has accumulated an eight-percent stake in LOM (Holings) Ltd.
After 200,000 LOM shares traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday, the investment management firm said that Chiropo Com...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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So swindler Bernard Madoff has been given a 150-year sentence for defrauding investors out of $13 billion. In case you didn't see it, the 150 years was a combination of several sentences: 40 years for international money laundering; 20 years each for...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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LONDON - Britain's leading equity index closed marginally higher as positive financial and defensive stocks outpaced weaker commodity shares, which tracked a decline in crude and metals prices. The FTSE 100 index rose 2.01 points to end at 4,236.28 p...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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Global economic conditions have improved over the last few months. However, recent data on employment, housing, industrial production, and retail sales remains very week. Despite improvements in the global financial system, developed economies are st...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks gained for the first time in three days, led by raw-material shares, as Teck Resources Ltd. sold a stake to China's sovereign wealth fund.
Teck Resources, Canada's largest diversified mining company, jumped 8.1 p...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - Oil dropped a dollar to below $66 a barrel yesterday after unemployment data hardened views economic weakness would sap energy demand and that last month's rally was overdone.
In the latest sign the economy of the world's top consu...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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BF&M Ltd. boosted its share price by $1 (7.14 percent) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The insurance company closed the day on $15, with 1,000 shares traded.
A total of 12 Butterfield Bank preference shares also changed hands, bu...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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Cable & Wireless (C&W) is close to landing its second multi-million dollar submarine cable system, which will connect Bermuda to the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
The new cable, which is named CBUS and is approximately 1,000 miles long, is a joint pr...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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Attracting and retaining customers during the economic downturn will be the focus for a free eMarketing seminar held by GMD Consulting at the Chamber of Commerce head office next Tuesday.
The event, which runs between 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m., is ent...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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