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WASHINGTON (AP) — A home-price index considered to be the most comprehensive reading of the US market posted the sharpest quarterly decline in its 17-year history, and analysts say housing has yet to bottom out.
Rapidly falling home prices in Califor...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index finished nearly flat yesterday, pressured by weak energy shares, while BCE Inc. was hammered by concerns that a court decision could put an end to its buy-out.
Shares of BCE, Canada's bigges...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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Insurer and pension fund administrator BF&M Ltd. announced yesterday that their first-quarter profits had risen by over $1.5 million from the same period last year.
Net earnings for the first three months of the year were $7.88 million, compared to $...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
LONDON (Bloomberg) — Lloyd's of London, the biggest insurance market, said members approved a UK government proposal to change its corporate governance rules and enable chairman Peter Levene to serve a third term.
At a meeting, 99 percent of the memb...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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STOCKHOLM (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Seadrill Ltd., the oil driller set up by billionaire John Fredriksen, advanced to an all-time high in Oslo trading after Deutsche Bank AG raised its price projection for the stock, citing improved earnings and di...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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It is said that it takes a village to raise a child. In Bermudian Di Parfitt's case, it takes a husband and a supportive family, as well as her own efforts, to raise her two children. Ms Parfitt was promoted on May 1 from assistant underwriter to und...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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Entrepreneurs and artists will be able to sell their wares in the Island's newest cafe lounge, come August.
Gallery 135 Coffee Lounge and Market is set to open towards the end of summer and owner Keerome Maybury said it offers people the most innovat...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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Climate change is "an underwriter's worst nightmare" as its unpredictable effects make assessing risk an increasingly difficult task.
That is the view of an expert on the subject, Andre Logan, of Ceres, a non-profit organisation which directs the Inv...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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In a 10ft-by-20ft tent behind his office at Ornamental Ironworks, Robin Gray is producing what for some might be an answer to rising fuel costs.
Mr. Gray turns used cooking oil, which is usually thrown out with the garbage and burned at Tynes Bay, in...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world's biggest oil-tanker company by market value, said first-quarter profit climbed after Opec pumped a record amount of crude, increasing demand for shipping.
Net income climbed to $221 millio...
DATE: May 23, 2008
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