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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining company, reported a record annual profit yesterday and said it expects demand for commodities to remain strong.
Net profit for the year ended June 30 climbed 14.7 percent to US...
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These are worrying times for Bermuda's tourism industry. With the rising price of fuel and thus increased cost of travel, hotel occupancy rates are dropping and more tables in restaurants are being left empty.
Allied to that is the fact that Premier ...
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Accenture will continue to provide a biometric identification and analysis services programme to US immigration agencies after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intention to keep on its contract.
The DHS notified Accenture, w...
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Aon Corporation has been named the industry leader in service, value, quality and innovation in three categories by the readers of Business Insurance magazine.
The insurance brokerage, which has operations in Bermuda, won the accolades in the best re...
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. increased its share value by 10 cents (0.68 percent) to close at $14.75 on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The insurance company traded 2,031 shares throughout the day.
Meanwhile Bermuda Press...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Hiscox Ltd., a Lloyd's of London insurer, posted first-half profit that surpassed analysts' estimates as claims and costs fell and the company retreated from unprofitable business.
Pretax earnings rose 3.4 percent to a record £10...
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Age: 37
Role: Systems developer, Marsh
What is your job? I create accounting/insurance applications that a person uses on their computer.
What is your favourite part of the job?
There are several things I enjoy about being a developer but I'll only m...
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LONDON (AP) - British Airways plc. (BA) said its planned business class only flight from London's close-in City Airport to New York will allow passengers to save time by completing US arrival checks in Ireland.
The airline said that the route's refue...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd., the Bermuda-based company that explores for oil and gas in Algeria and the Middle East, contracted a rig from Weatherford Drilling International Ltd. to drill wells in Iraq's Kurdistan.
The contract ...
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Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. announced yesterday that it will merge its Bermuda and Swiss operating units into one entity known as Flagstone Reassurance Suisse SA.
As a result, from September 30, 2008, the Bermuda unit, currently...
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