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Bermudians are being hit with some of the world's highest electricity prices - but power supplier Belco is warning residents to brace themselves for further increases.
Currently electricity costs 37 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), including the fuel a...
DATE: Jun 23, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - MBIA Inc.'s five-level downgrade by Moody's Investors Service probably will force it to make $7.4 billion of payments and collateral postings.
MBIA has $15.2 billion of assets available to satisfy the requirements, the company ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks will be vulnerable to any further talk of dividend cuts, capital-raising plans or write-downs from the financial sector next week after a fresh wave of turmoil among banks pushed the market down to three-month lows.
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DATE: Jun 23, 2008
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The Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA) and its delegation of Bermuda international business executives last week participated in the 14th Annual GAIM International Conference, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
The Annual GAIM Internatio...
DATE: Jun 23, 2008
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A top accountant is set to be honoured by the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAB) at a meeting held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess tomorrow.
Members of the Institute will gather at the event at 7pm to honour Thomas Miller, FCA, who was recen...
DATE: Jun 23, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - Consumer spending in the US probably rose in May by the most in six months as the government's tax rebates gave households the means to overcome soaring fuel bills, economists said before reports this week.
Spending increased...
DATE: Jun 23, 2008
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Here's some bad news: I've been in a really terrific mood all week. Despite much going wrong, I am in a really positive space. I think it's the weather.
This makes it difficult, if not impossible, to write an opinion column, because the best opinion ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2008
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Is the US in, or not in a recession? While various financial pundits say so, everyone has a differing opinion, still! Mimicking the actions of tidal waves in large storms, recessional periods tend wax and wane for longer durations but with equal enth...
DATE: Jun 21, 2008
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Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin are, presumably, a couple of smart guys. They have solid educations and for a while did well for themselves managing hedge funds on Wall Street. I'm thinking they're the sort of men who keep up with current events.
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DATE: Jun 21, 2008
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Q: Will my shares of Tyson Foods Inc. be doing any better? — R.J., via the Internet
A: Because the nation's largest meat producer ranks second domestically in both chicken processing and pork producing, it should see some sales gains in those areas a...
DATE: Jun 21, 2008
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