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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) - Institutional Venture Partners, the investor that gave Twitter Inc. $14 million last month, plans to pump $100 million to $150 million into digital-media, wireless and information-technology companies this year.
"We're pre...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index finished more than 100 points lower yesterday as a slide in oil prices shook out some of the big gains the market recorded in the previous session, when it closed at a six-week high.
A day after the ener...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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Two of South Shore's best located resorts have undergone a change of management after Miami-based hotel management company Tecton Hospitality took over the running of Grape Bay Beach Hotel and the Surfside Beach Club.
The Surfside Beach Club, which o...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, said Bermudian insurers are "interested" in joining Lloyd's to lower their dependence on the US and improve their credit ratings.
"Bermuda has shown a lot of interest in Ll...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government should be careful about how much more money it pours into the UK economy and mindful about keeping spending under control.
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DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) - China may be proposing a new international reserve currency to signal its concern at the dollar's weakness and to stake a claim for a leadership role at next week's Group of 20 summit, economists said.
Central bank Governor Zhou...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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Bermuda is going to feel the knock-on effects of the US and global economic crisis - but should also see the benefits of a recovery after time.
That is the reality check given by John Kephart, president and CEO of Capital G Bank Ltd., who spoke about...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - A stock drop is never reassuring - except when it could have been worse.
The Dow Jones industrial average shed 115 points, or 1.5 percent yesterday. But it also held onto 382 of the 498 points it racked up a day earlier.
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DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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It proved to be a day of losses on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday, with no fewer than four seeing their share values decline.
Butterfield Bank continued its recent slide, dropping 45 cents (8.18 percent) to close at $5...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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By Myles Neligan
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London, the specialist insurance market, said its profit halved in 2008 because of hefty hurricane losses and weaker investment returns.
Lloyd's, which traces its origins back 321 years to a London coffe...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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