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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index tumbled more than three percent yesterday as investors fled the market amid a sharp drop in the price of oil and new concerns over the vitality of US banks.
Nine of the TSX's 10 sectors fell, including t...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Offshore centres are rushing to sign data exchange tax deals with small Nordic countries such as Greenland to be taken off a "grey" list of tax havens, making a mockery of a Group of 20 (G20) bid to clamp down on evasion, campaigne...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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Visitors flocked to the Bermuda booth at the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) Conference yesterday - despite reduced numbers at this year's event.
Around 8,000 delegates signed up for one of the biggest gatherings on the insurance industr...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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Building a high performance team will be the focus for a seminar held at the Bermuda Insurance Institute later this week.
The one-day seminar, which will take place on Friday April 24 and run in association with Paul Loftus & Associates Inc., aims to...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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It proved to be a day of ups and downs on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd. rose 50 cents (4.34 percent) to $12, with 1,000 shares traded, while KeyTech Ltd. increased 50 cents (6.25 percent...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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It's been business as usual at Ace Ltd.'s Bermuda operations since the company redomiciled to Switzerland, according to the company's top executive on the Island.
Rees Fletcher, president and CEO of Ace Bermuda, said the employee head count in the gl...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - A plunge in supertanker rates to their lowest in at least 11 years will likely spur owners to scrap ships and cancel orders for new ones, according to Frontline Ltd., the world's largest operator of the carriers.
Supertankers are...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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First Atlantic Commerce (FAC) has hit back at claims made about its role in an investigation into First Data Corp.'s involvement in offshore tax-haven schemes.
The Denver Free Post reported last week that FAC had been targeted by the Internal Revenue...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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A chance letter seeking sponsorship to attend an international conference led to the offer of a summer job at one of Bermuda’s top insurance companies and the opportunity to showcase his talent on the world stage at a careers fair for one lucky 18-ye...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp. agreed to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. for about $7.4 billion in cash, swooping in after the server maker's talks to be acquired by International Business Machines Corp. failed.
Oracle will pay $9.50 a share, 42 percent more...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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