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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Primus Guaranty Ltd., which manages $24.2 billion in credit-default swaps, posted $262.6 million of second-quarter net income as the market value of contracts that protect against corporate defaults improved.
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Belco Holdings Ltd. saw its share price advance 45 cents (2.14 percent) to $21.45 on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The utilities company traded 100 shares throughout the day.
Butterfield Bank also traded 3,400 shares...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Before credit markets from New York to London seized up a year ago, investment-grade companies could sell record amounts of debt in days. It took Tyco Electronics Ltd. treasurer Mario Calastri 12 months to complete the bond sal...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Ambac Financial Group Inc., the bond insurer that lost 92 percent of its stock market value in the past year, posted second-quarter net income after using an accounting change to record a $5.2 billion gain related to its debt s...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — British insurer Old Mutual said it will take a half-billion-dollar charge because of "mistakes" made at its Bermuda unit.
The London-listed company saw its share price fall 11.4 percent yesterday after it announced the charge in ...
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Ground water cooling - the most efficient method of rejecting heat in Bermuda's climate and geographical region. This should ensure that the cooling water stays at 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
Multi-stage chiller plant - designed to ramp up and down to mee...
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An era of 'green' construction in Bermuda will be launched when the Island's first ever LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited building in Victoria Place, Hamilton opens its doors at the start of November.
The building, which...
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Butterfield Bank expects its financial results will be boosted by a one-time gain of $110 million during the second half of this year through the imminent merger of its fund services unit with the Fulcrum Group.
In a joint announcement on Tuesday, Bu...
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AM Best Co. has assigned indicative ratings of "bbb" on senior debt, "bbb-" on sub-ordinated debt and "bb+" on preferred stock and trust preferred securities to OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. and OneBeacon US Holdings, Inc.'s recently filed $1 billio...
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