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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index charged higher yesterday, shrugging off early losses, as resource shares were boosted by new highs from oil and gold prices.
The energy and materials sectors, which combined make up about 40...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Covidien Ltd., the medical-supplies maker spun off from Tyco International Ltd., agreed to sell its European incontinence business for an undisclosed sum.
The French buyer will rename the unit Lille Healthcare, Bermuda-based Co...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A US mortgage meltdown has its roots in lending discrimination against African-American and Hispanic communities and requires federal intervention to prevent it from crippling municipal services, civil rights activist Rev. Jesse ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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Bermuda-based Empyrean Re Ltd.'s first complete year in business has been followed by an affirmation of its financial strength rating from credit rating agency AM Best.
Empyrean, which is part of the Man Group, is a trade credit reinsurer which was s...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks came off early losses to finish higher yesterday as investors seemed to absorb unpleasant signals about the economy with equanimity and draw comfort from the notion that the Federal Reserve did not appear overly concerned about...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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Investors were given an insight into where to put their money at the latest Bermuda Investment Advisory Services' quarterly market briefing.
They listened to chief operating officer Robert Pires and vice-president and chief financial officer Mark Mel...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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Bank users in Southampton will be able to get hold of their cash more easily thanks to a new ATM unit which has been installed by Capital G Bank.
The unit, which was installed at Raynor's Shell Gas Station, located at 217 Middle Road, is the sixth on...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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Bermuda company Sousa's Landscape Management has donated $25,000 to a scholarship programme for the lawn and landscape industry.
As a member of the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) for 20 years, the Sousa family pledged the money to the PLANET ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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The challenges facing the future of telecommunications in the Caribbean will be the focus for a seminar held at the Elbow Beach Hotel next week.
The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) in association with the Government of the Bermuda will be ho...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Crude oil rose to a record $101.32 barrel in New York on rising demand for commodities and concern inflation will erode the value of alternative investments.
A weakening dollar and increasing world demand for raw materials sent...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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