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Being a Bermudian chartered accountant is as close to a "recession-proof" job as you can get, according to Darren Johnston, the newly appointed territory senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Bermuda.
The 42-year-old Bermudian, who takes over his ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - The government is owed more than £17 billion in unpaid taxes and nearly a third of all payments were late in one financial year, MPs said in a criticism of tax collection methods yesterday.
The House of Commons Public Accounts Comm...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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Sweden is a strange place. What can you say about an electorate that has given seven percent of its vote in the European Parliament to a bunch of download pirates?
The European Parliament (EP) elections were held last week. Sweden's Pirate Party ran ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - British companies expect to keep cutting jobs in the next three months, but the pace of job-shedding appears to be easing in some sectors, a survey showed yesterday. A quarterly survey by recruitment firm Manpower showed a seasonal...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to guarantee insurance policies sold by Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd. to clients who want increased assurance their claims will be paid.
Berkshire's National Indemnity unit will g...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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Inflation fell for the third consecutive month in April to an annual rate of 1.9 percent - the lowest level seen in years.
Consumers have benefited from lower energy prices as the rate of inflation has plunged from 5.2 percent in January. But as elec...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — US catastrophe reinsurance rates may rise about 15 percent next month after the financial crisis eroded insurers' capital and as the market for catastrophe bonds to offset potential hurricane losses remains limited, insurance b...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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Butterfield Bank was the only trader on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The bank saw 1,148 shares change hands, but its share price held firm at $5.25.
Overall, the Index opened and closed at 2,327.01, with 1,148 share...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - Move over, iPhone. You've had two years on top of the smart phone world. Now there's a touch-screen phone with better software: the Palm Pre.
In a remarkable achievement, Palm Inc., a company that was something of a has-been, has come...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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Running one of Bermuda's top telecommunications businesses 24 hours a day, seven days a week would be a steep challenge for the best of us.
But for Wayne Caines, CEO of Digicel, who marked his first year in office last Wednesday, it has been a seamle...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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