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Inquisitive, outgoing and active are not necessarily the first words that might spring to mind when the word auditor comes up but three of Bermuda's up-and-coming internal auditors swear that is what the job requires.
On the heels of a visit from the...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Ambac Financial Group Inc. fell as much as 20 percent in New York Stock Exchange trading after the company's plan to raise $1.5 billion fell short of investors' expectations and failed to allay concern it may lose its AAA credi...
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Aspen Re is believed to be the first underwriter in Bermuda to implement an electronic accounting and settlement system.
It will now trade all of its accounting and settlement transactions (A&S) electronically with brokers Aon and Benfield, which is ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street managed a moderate gain in an erratic session yesterday as investors sorted through a downbeat Federal Reserve assessment of the economy and were also disappointed by a plan to bail out troubled bond insurer Ambac Financia...
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Something interesting is happening in Bermuda in terms of internal auditing - and Gerald Cox, the chairman of the Global Institute of Internal Auditors, is impressed by the trail-blazing attitude being adopted by Bermuda's Government.
Mr. Cox is on t...
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Time-starved and resource-scare business people and companies are set to benefit from a new corporate concierge service, which is officially launched next month.
Corporate Concierge Bermuda offers an independent corporate and personal concierge servi...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown, responding to concerns about a growing wealth gap in the UK, said the statutory minimum wage will rise to £5.73 ($11.34) per hour from October.
"This will be a 60 percent rise on the original minimum ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein said the credit-market contraction that started with sub-prime mortgages is at least halfway over.
"We're not in the ninth inning by any means, we're maybe two-thirds through, a half...
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LONDON (AP) - British Airways said yesterday that passenger traffic rose 5.3 percent in February, led by a 15.1 percent increase in premium traffic.
The airline's load factor rose 0.6 percentage point to 68.4 percent, and capacity was up by 4.4 perce...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - Fidelity Investments, the world's largest mutual-fund company, will pay $8 million to settle US regulatory claims it let staff members accept Super Bowl tickets, private-jet travel and other gifts from brokers.
Fidelity faile...
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