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DALLAS (Bloomberg) - Crude oil fell to a 13-week low amid speculation that Tropical Storm Edouard will miss most offshore oil facilities as it approaches the coast of Texas.
Futures fell as much as $5.60 a barrel, shrugging off port closings and rig ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2008
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JUMPING SHIP: There's an uneasy feeling floating about the workplace. Something just might be up. What's an executive to do?
Leave. Right now.
A study on managing the "stigma of failure" found that those high-level executives who left their positions...
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AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) has announced that Bermuda reinsurer Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. has licensed the AIR Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) model for use in AIR's CATRADER®, the industry standard application for analysing catastrophe rein...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street fell moderately yesterday in an erratic session dominated by worries about inflation - which were somewhat soothed by a steep drop in the price of oil.
Light, sweet crude closed down $3.69, or 2.9 percent, to settle at $12...
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WP Stewart & Co. Ltd. has sold an aggregate of 5,010,000 of its common shares to five funds managed by Arrow Capital Management LLC in a private placement pursuant to its previously disclosed Investment Agreement with the Arrow Funds.
The common shar...
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Rising food prices have provided a boost in the midst of a soft market for those Bermuda insurers and reinsurers who offer agricultural insurance.
One such company is PartnerRe, whose chief executive officer Patrick Thiele said that while rates acros...
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Bermuda-based life asset company Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP reported adjusted net operating income of $16.4 million for the second quarter of 2008 for Brookfield Infrastructure LP.
The partnership's sole material asset is its 60 percent li...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Diversified industrial manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co. said on Friday its second-quarter earnings shrunk 73 percent on charges from the acquisition of Trane Co. and hefty year-ago gains.
The Bermuda-based company said its profit for t...
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Everest Re Group Ltd. has appointed John Doucette as executive vice-president, effective from next month.
Mr. Doucette joins Everest from Max Bermuda where he held the position of president and chief underwriting officer of their property and casualt...
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The Bank of Bermuda' net profit surged nine percent to $163 million during the first six months of this year, despite tough economic times.
The banks' operating profit also rose by ten percent to $179 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008, c...
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