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The Christian Aid missionary agency has accused Bermuda of being implicit in contributing to the deaths of 5.6 million children by 2015 in a report issued earlier this month.
The 60-page report entitled "Death and taxes: the true toll of tax dodging"...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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The credit crisis might be nearing an end, according to chief investment officer for the Vanguard Group, George (Gus) Sauter.
"We've probably turned the corner," Mr. Sauter said yesterday. "There has been tremendous economic stimulus in the US."
That...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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SAO PAULO (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based GP Investments Ltd., a Brazilian private equity firm, agreed to pay 259 million reais ($153.7 million) for a stake in a private university administrator.
The company will acquire 20 percent of Estacio Participaco...
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LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings, owners of the bank of Bermuda, said its profit in the first quarter beat a year ago as growth in Asia helped counter some $5 billion in hits from bad debts on US home loans and asset write-downs.
HSBC said it was inc...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied yesterday as oil prices fell back and alleviated some of investors' concerns about accelerating inflation. The Dow Jones industrials gained 130 points.
Oil's retreat helped soothe some of Wall Street's worries abou...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - MBIA Inc, the world's largest bond insurer, posted a quarterly loss of $2.4 billion yesterday as it took charges on billions of dollars of exposure to bonds linked to sub-prime mortgages.
But MBIA's beaten-down shares rose more t...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index sprung to a record high yesterday, buoyed by EnCana's plan to split itself in two and the release of a new BlackBerry smartphone by Research In Motion.
EnCana, Canada's biggest energy compan...
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Women are now outnumbering men in terms of the numbers of Bermudians joining the Island's insurance industry.
The Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII), a registered charity that oversees insurance education, reported that 59 percent of graduates who pas...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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Bermuda Aviation Services Ltd. shares suffered a loss of 4.7 percent yesterday, dropping in value 30 cents to close with a value of $6.15, on the trading of 1,000 shares.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd. was the only other company to see a change, with ...
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Ace Ltd. has become the first company in Bermuda to gain the new, updated Investors In People (IIP) standard.
At a reception at the global insurer's Woodbourne Avenue offices, chief executive officer Evan Greenberg said IIP principles were in line wi...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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