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Catlin Group Ltd. said that it received acceptances for 98.68 percent of the shares the Bermuda-based insurer was offering in its rights issue.
The two for five rights issue was aimed at raising £200 million ($300 million) after the global stock mark...
DATE: Mar 30, 2009
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Banking** is not what it used to be. Not like back in the 'good ole days' when banking was a staid male bastion of conservative suits, white shirts, two martini lunches, and placid goals. Banks (and their executives) were the very picture of benevole...
DATE: Mar 28, 2009
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Q. I am surprised that discount chain Target Corp. hasn't done better in the economic downturn. What are your thoughts? - DP, via the Internet.
A. The consumer-spending slowdown and preoccupation of shoppers with finding the lowest possible prices ha...
DATE: Mar 28, 2009
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The members of Generation Y are sometimes referred to as the "Millennials" or "Echo Boomers". I mention this because Deloitte, the professional services firm, issued a report this week, stating that Gen Y is becoming an important part of the workforc...
DATE: Mar 28, 2009
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) opened and closed on 2,382.59 yesterday, with 61,568 shares worth $337,755.10 changing hands.
The only two companies to trade any shares were Butterfield Bank (61,538 shares) and BF&M Ltd. (30), bu...
DATE: Mar 28, 2009
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A panel discussion by Bermuda's top business leaders, including Sir John Swan and David Ezekiel, will be top of the bill at a conference held by the Bermuda Employers' Council (BEC) at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel next month.
The BEC's combin...
DATE: Mar 27, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) - Google Inc., owner of the most used Internet search engine, will cut about 200 jobs in its sales and marketing operations as the recession weighs on revenue growth.
The cuts will take place globally, and employees will hav...
DATE: Mar 27, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out by the US government four times since September, shouldn't have paid bonuses to the Financial Products unit, former chief executive officer Maurice (Hank) Greenberg said...
DATE: Mar 27, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Griffin Mining Ltd., a UK company that mines zinc in China, will offer C$27 million ($22 million) for Ivernia Inc., owner of the Magellan lead mine.
Griffin will offer 15 Canadian cents per Ivernia share in cash and seek to acqui...
DATE: Mar 27, 2009
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Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. is set to expand into Asia with the opening of a branch office in Hong Kong, bringing in no fewer than four former American International Group (AIG) executives in the process.
Bill Cotter, senior vice-pre...
DATE: Mar 27, 2009
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