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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's largest personal-computer maker, wants to capitalise on a three-year overhaul of its technology operations by persuading customers to follow its lead.
The company held events for more than ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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The latest state-of-the-art office building in Hamilton is setting the standards for business developments across Bermuda.
The Power House, which is currently being constructed at 7 Par-la-Ville Road, is glass panelled on all four sides allowing ligh...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Nabors Industries Ltd., the world's largest onshore oil and natural-gas driller, fell 16 percent in New York trading on Monday after analysts from two firms cut the stock's rating.
Nabors, which has corporate offi...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Bermuda-based health care products maker Covidien Ltd. spent $450,000 in the third quarter to lobby on issues affecting drugs and medical devices, according to a recent disclosure report. The company lobbied on a bill that would requi...
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ZURICH (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings said it was not aware of any US investigation into offshore private banking services, after a report it had been targeted by a probe.
The New York Times reported yesterday that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) had e...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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Bermuda-based financial guarantor Ram Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced it had agreed to pay $156.5 million to walk away from its reinsurance of $10.6 billion worth of assets insured by MBIA.
The commutation agreement covers some asset sectors that h...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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JOHANNESBURG (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Aquarius Platinum Ltd., the miner of metal in South Africa and Zimbabwe, said it may cut 200 jobs next month at its Everest mine in South Africa after prices plunged and pushed the company to its first quarter...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Cooper Industries Ltd., the maker of Halo-brand lighting, issued a reduced fourth-quarter profit forecast less than two weeks after cutting the outlook without providing specifics.
Fourth-quarter profit will be 70...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has asked financial services expert Michael Foot to head the UK review of Bermuda and other UK territories that are financial centres.
The review was announced last week by Mr. Darling, who said the the...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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Bermuda should fare better than most of its competitors during the current financial crisis, but it will be a slow road to recovery.
That was the view of Alan Thompson, president and CEO of Butterfield Bank, who told yesterday's Hamilton Rotary Club ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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