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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended lower yesterday, held down as resource issues fell alongside commodity prices, while worries over the economy were stoked by an unexpectedly large job loss last month.
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DATE: Aug 09, 2008
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Butterfield Bank saw its share price drop 10 cents (0.66 percent) on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) in what has been a turbulent week for the bank.
The bank traded 1,500 shares throughout the day.
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DATE: Aug 09, 2008
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CastlePoint Holdings Ltd. saw its profits hold up well in the face of tough economic conditions, according to its second-quarter results.
The insurer and reinsurer's net income dropped slightly from $10.5 million, or 27 cents per share for the second...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Aquarius Platinum Ltd., a miner of platinum in South Africa and Zimbabwe, reported a 28 percent increase in fiscal second-half profit on rising prices and said it plans to expand production this year.
Net income grew to $129.8 mi...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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Bermuda-based financial guarantor Assured Guaranty Ltd. last night announced profit of more than half a billion dollars for the second quarter — more than 16 times what the company made in the same period last year.
Most of the improvement related to...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England held interest rates at 5.0 percent yesterday for the fourth straight month, and borrowing costs are expected to remain on hold for a while as policy-makers balance slowing growth and rising inflation.
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DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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The banking sector thrived as utilities suffered a downturn in fortunes on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
Butterfield Bank climbed 10 cents (0.66 percent) to close at $15.10, with 1,150 shares traded.
But Watlington W...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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Validus Holdings Ltd. saw its net earnings rise seven percent for the second quarter with the acquisition of Lloyd's speciality insurer Talbot being credited with much of the improvement.
Yesterday the company reported net income for the quarter ende...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based MF Global Ltd., the derivatives broker that lost more than three quarters of its market value this year, rose as much as 17 percent in New York trading after reporting earnings that beat analysts' estimates.
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DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — One current and three former executives of British Airways were charged with cartel offences by the Office of Fair Trading yesterday for allegedly fixing fuel surcharge prices on long-haul flights.
The OFT said that BA head of sales And...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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