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Fuel and power costs rose 27.5 percent in the year up to May 2008, but the overall rate of inflation has now dipped below five percent.
Figures released yesterday by the Department of Statistics and show that consumers paid 4.7 percent more for goods...
DATE: Jul 17, 2008
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FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — European plane maker Airbus kept ahead of its US rival Boeing yesterday in the order tally at the Farnborough International Airshow, where leasing companies and Asian and Middle Eastern airlines have been top customers.
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Bermuda Telephone Company Ltd. (BTC) has implemented carrier Voice over IP technology from communications solutions provider Nortel.
Nortel technology will allow BTC subscribers to use their Bermuda number outside the Island to stay connected regardl...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — A US federal judge has made public the reasons why he found against XL Capital Assurance (XLCA) - a unit of Bermuda-based bond insurer Security Capital Assurance (SCA) - in its legal battle with US securities firm Merrill Lynch...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said he will delay for six months the Treasury's annual increase in UK fuel duty after crude oil rose to a record.
The duty, which was due to rise two pence a litre from 50.35 pence ($...
DATE: Jul 17, 2008
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Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Argo Group expects to report losses of up to $18 million related to severe weather events in the three months from April to June.
The company announced yesterday that pre-tax losses of between $16 million and $18 m...
DATE: Jul 17, 2008
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Government has introduced a raft of new measures aimed at tackling anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism.
The Financial Intelligence Agency Amendment Act 2008, which was presented by Senator Kim Wilson to the Senate Cha...
DATE: Jul 17, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks' deep plunge into bear market territory is causing investors to seek short-term refuge in a defensive bunker, but a broad tumble in risky assets sets an almost perfect stage for a strong recovery later.
Stock indexes f...
DATE: Jul 17, 2008
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The Department of Statistics yesterday released a revised guidance book, the Bermuda Standard Classification of Occupations booklet (BSCO-08). The BSCO-08 is one of the main documents issued to all employers and self-employed persons during the condu...
DATE: Jul 17, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — HBOS, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, will cut as many as 650 jobs as it merges two operations serving "small and medium-sized" corporate customers over the next 18 months. HBOS will redeploy an additional 350 jobs as the Edinb...
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