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Emergence Bermuda has joined forces with Capital G Bank to enable its clients to finance software licensing, hardware and professional services through the bank's business banking division.
James Weir, marketing manager for Emergence Bermuda, which h...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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LEAVE YOUR KHAKI SHORTS AT HOME: If you're travelling overseas, you should avoid dressing like a tourist — and not just because it embarrasses your kids. With kidnappings on the rise, looking like a local could be one of the most important precaution...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medical products maker Covidien Ltd. reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings yesterday, helped by strong sales of a generic version of painkiller OxyContin.
The Bermuda-based company's shares, which had sold off heading i...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Hiscox Ltd., the third-biggest underwriter at Lloyd's of London, said US reinsurance rates increased at the start of 2009 after last year was the worst hurricane season since 2005.
Rates for US reinsurance, which ac...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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Belco users will have to change the way they pay their bills online in future after the electricity provider announced the launch of its new customer information system.
Concerned customers contacted The Royal Gazette on Friday to report they had los...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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Bermuda-based PartnerRe expects to write $2.1 billion of non-life premium for the January 1 renewal season, a result which the reinsurer's chief executive officer Patrick Thiele believes indicates a positive change of direction in the market.
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DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top economic adviser yesterday would not rule out that more money may be needed to stabilise the US financial system as a deep recession increases banks' losses.
Lawrence Summers, head of the National E...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd. said its hedge fund investments declined in value by some $233 million in 2008 contributing to a fall in book value for the year of at least 16 percent.
In its year-end letter to shareholders, released last Friday...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. announced yesterday that Harris Chorney has been appointed to serve on its board of directors and on the Audit Committee of the board. Mr. Chorney's appointment fills the vacancy on the Board created by the pr...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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It was a week of mixed fortunes for domestic companies listed on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) last week.
With no fewer than four companies seeing their share price increase and three experiencing a drop in their value, a total...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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