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DATE: Jun 25, 2008
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A Bermudian who spent years working in New York public relations firms will be joining Troncossi Public Relations.
Myisha Marsh has been hired as a consultant by the local PR firm after returning to the Island after eight years abroad.
Ms Marsh began...
DATE: Jun 25, 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook Inc.'s quest to lure more advertisers to its popular online hangout is getting an assist from Visa Inc.'s marketing machine.
As part of a small-business network Visa designed for Facebook, the world's largest credit and ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd. has lent its support to the disaster relief effort to help those affected by the earthquake in Sichuan Province in China.
The insurer will fund the rebuilding of a school and library, as well as providing scholarships for children in ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2008
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BF&M Ltd. saw its share price slump nearly five percent yesterday.
It closed the day at $21 down a dollar on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX).
Argus Group Holdings Ltd. also saw its share price fall 3.2 percent or 50 cents, ending...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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XL Capital and its insurance operating subsidiaries have seen their outlook lowered by Moody's Investor Service.
But the Bermuda-based insurance giant's Baa1 senior debt rating and the A1 insurance financial strength ratings of its subsidiaries have ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks stalled yesterday, ending mostly lower after rising oil prices and ongoing worries about the financial sector gave investors little reason to buy a day ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting.
Disappointment that Saudi Arabia is not...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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Four businesses will benefit from market research being done by York University students this year.
The students will examine Bermudian Ona Fletcher's new media venture which aims to increase the profitability of small to medium-sized companies on th...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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OSLO (Bloomberg) - Seadrill Ltd., the Norwegian oil-rig company set up by billionaire John Fredriksen, said it would not extend its offer for Scorpion Offshore Ltd.
Seadrill, whose mandatory offer for outstanding Scorpion shares expired yesterday, wi...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sin City is facing hard times.
Soaring fuel prices are forcing airlines to cut flights and jack up fares to this desert oasis. Road trips have become luxury travel with gasoline costing more than $4 a gallon.
And tourists who do make...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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