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Bermuda Comercial Bank Ltd. saw it's shares drop in value 10 percent yesterday on the trading of 5,000 shares. The loss left the shares worth $9 at the close.
BF&M Ltd. and Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd. also saw their shares decrease in value, but by...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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Property losses resulting from the earthquake that shook China this week could total between $10 billion and $20 billion, according to the early analysis of two of the world's leading catastrophe modelling firms — but only a fraction of that cost wil...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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SAO PAULO (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based GP Investments Ltd., the largest Latin American private-equity firm, plans to raise a fifth fund for buy-outs that might be its biggest, Valor Economico said, citing Financial vice-president Allan Hadid.
GP has a...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group (AIG) chairman Robert Willumstad said yesterday the giant global insurer's directors stand behind management, including chief executive Martin Sullivan, fending off concerns raised by investors frustr...
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LONDON (AP) — Tesco PLC, the largest grocer in the United Kingdom, substantially boosted its presence in South Korea with $1.87 billion acquisition of 36 Homever stores, including debt.
Tesco would not break out how much of the purchase price was mad...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - The British economy could shrink for a quarter or two and inflation may near four percent this year, the Bank of England said yesterday in its bleakest forecasts since the Labour government took power in 1997.
Economists said the e...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street advanced yesterday after a better-than-expected report on consumer prices tempered some of the market's concerns about inflation.
The Labour Department's report that consumer prices advanced 0.2 percent in April after risi...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Soaring food and fuel bills sent British inflation rocketing in April, putting the prospect of interest-rate cuts soon in real doubt despite further signs the housing market downturn is getting nasty.
Inflation leapt half a percent...
DATE: May 14, 2008
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Citing rising costs, global warming and a changing business environment, Blue Ribbon Cleaners will be closing for good on May 16 after 18 years of operation.
"All of our chemicals, plastic, and hangers have increased in price due to the increase in a...
DATE: May 14, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
