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Disgraced Eliot Spitzer may be considering running again for his old position of New York Attorney General, according to a media report.
The news, which may send shudders downs the spines of some Bermuda insurance industry bosses, surfaced on the Pag...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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Two of the leading lights in Bermuda's re/insurance industry have been recognised with top awards from the Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII).
Michael Butt, chairman of the board of Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., has won the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Awa...
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China struggled out of the gate this year with its weakest quarter on record, but a pick-up in March showed the world's third-largest economy was on track for stronger growth in coming months.
A surge in lending and public spendin...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase's first-quarter profit was not as good as last year's, but it told investors what they wanted to hear: Banking is not dead.
JPMorgan said yesterday it earned $2.14 billion for the January-March period, thanks to both st...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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Finance Minister Paula Cox signed tax information-sharing agreements with eight countries yesterday — and then said Bermuda's inclusion on the OECD's tax transparency "grey list" was "misleading".
The Deputy Premier spent the day in Washington, DC, w...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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Building on the hard work of the Chamber of Commerce and getting members actively involved in that process will be the mission of new president Stephen Todd.
Mr. Todd, who is the Chamber's first black president in its 102-year history, is also relish...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Retail sales in Britain fell for the ninth time in ten months during March as demand for furniture slumped to its lowest level for at least nine years, a leading industry lobby group said yesterday.
In its monthly survey, the British Re...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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Harbour Nights and Destination Dockyard — two of Bermuda's most popular summer events, are set to go ahead this year as planned, despite the impact of the current global economic downturn, writes Alex Wright.
That is according to Diane Gordon, execut...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — There is "little doubt" that Allen Stanford, accused of masterminding an $8.5 billion fraud, was engaged in a "Ponzi scheme" based on the condition of his offshore bank, the institution's receiver said.
"We have identified asse...
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Bermuda reinsurer Validus Holdings Ltd. is to convene a special meeting of shareholders to try and win backing for its plan to take over fellow Island company IPC Holdings Ltd.
Validus announced yesterday that it has filed proxy materials with the US...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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