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LUXEMBOURG (Bloomberg) - Google Inc., owner of the world's most-used Internet search engine, lost its bid to get European Union (EU)-wide trademark protection for "Gmail," the name of its web-based e-mail service.
The Gmail name is too similar to an ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Hardy Underwriting plc., a Lloyd's of London insurer that is moving to Bermuda, said full-year profit rose 12 percent as premiums increased.
Net income gained to £13.6 million ($27.2 million), or 38.4 pence a share, from £12.1 mi...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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I used to sit next to a big laser printer. Then, one of the editors I work with sent around an e-mail with some scientific references that made us, and the rest of the company's employees, sit up and take notice. You should as well if your company is...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rallied yesterday with bank stocks powering higher after an aggressive interest rate cut in the US and on bargain-hunting after the previous day's losses.
Although the 75-basis-point cut by ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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Flagstone Re is boldly going where its rivals fear to tread.
And chairman Mark Byrne is hoping that increasing the young Bermuda company's global reach into countries where insurance penetration is low will help it to grow its business, even through ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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Bermuda-based global healthcare product provider Covidien Ltd. re-elected all of its 11 nominees to the board of directors at its first Annual General Meeting as an independent, publicly-held company yesterday.
Shareholders appointed Craig Arnold, Ro...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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The company that built Bermuda's seawater reverse osmosis plant saw its profits triple during the fourth quarter.
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.'s net income surged to $2.7 million, or 18 cents per share, from $674,046, or five cents per share, a year e...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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KPMG Bermuda could be paying out $10.5 million in a class action settlement to be heard this June.
According to a press release dated March 14, 2008, the action has been certified as a class action for settlement purposes only and a $10.5 million ca...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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Homeowners are set to get a boost after the Bank of Bermuda announced a reduction in interest rates by 0.5 percent immediately for all mortgages, personal loans and commercial loans.
The bank is leaving Demand and Savings Deposit rates unchanged at t...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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Bermuda-based specialist insurer Hiscox Ltd. and brokerage Allison & Partners of London have joined forces to launch INSPIRE, an underwriting division specialising in professional insurance lines for UK and European small to medium-sized businesses.
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