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LONDON (Reuters) — Bermuda insurer Lancashire Holdings reported a 23 percent drop in premium income in the first quarter, but said it expects to benefit from rising insurance prices in the months ahead, sending its shares higher.
Lancashire had gross...
DATE: May 18, 2009
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Offering investment products that are not directly correlated to the financial markets could be one of the keys to persuading investors to get their money back to work in these uncertain times.
That is the view of Fabian Schonenberg, of Tromino Finan...
DATE: May 18, 2009
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BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen AG said yesterday it was indefinitely postponing talks over a planned integration with Porsche SE, but the sports car maker insisted that only the next round had been cancelled.
As the power struggle between two of Germany's ...
DATE: May 18, 2009
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For the past two weeks, this column has discussed the use of Bermuda-issued credit cards outside the Island. Bermuda cards lack a computer chip and the required pin number to approve their use. They are not required, but are often wrongly demanded by...
DATE: May 16, 2009
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Stepping away from the normal financial observations originally planned for this week's article, let us congratulate my friend, and fellow finance professional, Heather Jacobs Matthews, CA, CFE, for her appointment as the new Auditor General of our c...
DATE: May 16, 2009
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Butterfield Bank extended its gains of the past week yesterday, as it rose two percent to boost The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Index.
The bank's share price rose 10 cents to close the day on $5.20, on the trading of 31,600 shares.
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DATE: May 16, 2009
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After much hesitation, I finally set up a Facebook account. So I wouldn't be seen as a dinosaur, I've also registered on Twitter.com. I haven't been tweeting much, but I'm now part of the throng of folks socialising with their keyboards.
Like many ot...
DATE: May 16, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Telecommunications company BT Group PLC said yesterday it expects to cut another 15,000 jobs in the next year after its Global Services division dragged the company to a fourth quarter loss of nearly £1 billion pounds.
In the three mont...
DATE: May 15, 2009
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TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. reported its first annual net loss in 14 years and forecast a bigger loss this year, saying the pressure from sliding sales, competition in gadget prices and a strong yen was expected to continue.
The Japanese electronics and ...
DATE: May 15, 2009
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YourTravelBiz.com International's (YTB) "elaborate pyramid scheme" has been shut down by the State of California's Attorney General Edmund Brown, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
In a statement issued yesterday, Mr. Brown announced that he had completed...
DATE: May 15, 2009
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