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Ariel Re is setting the standard for re/insurance companies when it comes to office space.
For the re/insurer, which moved into its new premises in Victoria Place on January 26, occupies two floors of state-of-the-art offices, with everything from el...
DATE: Feb 09, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top aides to President Barack Obama yesterday urged Democratic and Republican lawmakers to set aside political differences and give anticipated final approval this week to a massive economic stimulus package.
"If there was ever...
DATE: Feb 09, 2009
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Banking was the hardest hit sector on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) last week, with no fewer than two banks seeing their share prices drop.
Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. fell $2 (18.18 percent) to $10, with 100 shares traded, wh...
DATE: Feb 09, 2009
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A perfectly balanced budget is an accounting textbook dream. In real life, in real households, in real companies and in real countries, it is not so easy to achieve this. On the surface, it would seem that balancing a budget should be a relatively st...
DATE: Feb 07, 2009
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Our brains are wired for bubbles, it would appear, and regulation and tight external controls are the only way to save ourselves from ourselves.
Bankers, traders and investors effectively became addicted to the pleasure that comes from making money, ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2009
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Butterfield Bank gained more than one percent yesterday to propel the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange to its first positive day of trading this week.
The bank, which was the only domestic company to see its shares change value, gained 10 cents...
DATE: Feb 07, 2009
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose, making it only equity market among the 10 biggest developed nations to post a 2009 gain, on speculation rising US unemployment will spur approval of a stimulus plan that revives demand for commodities.
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DATE: Feb 07, 2009
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The movie "Confessions of a Shopaholic" opens this week. If you are the kind of person who likes to shop 'til you drop, you might want to skip the movie and read what follows in the company of a stiff drink. It turns out you're not well. Like compuls...
DATE: Feb 07, 2009
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new york (Bloomberg) — US stocks gained, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its best two-day rally in a month, on speculation the highest unemployment rate since 1992 will force Congress to pass an economic stimulus package.
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DATE: Feb 07, 2009
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CHICAGO (AP) — Returns of eight percent or better are hard to find in this grim economy. But they are there for the taking — in corporate bonds.
Investors who have lost faith in stocks' near-term prospects and are fed up with government bonds' minusc...
DATE: Feb 07, 2009
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