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Here are two words that can get a person so riled up you would think you'd insulted their mama: tax time.
Yes folks, no use grousing about it. Before you realise it, the time to file your tax return will be upon us. As we approach the end of the year...
DATE: Dec 15, 2007
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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (AP) — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will pay $20 million but avoid criminal charges following a federal investigation into improper lobbying of stage legislators by its executives.
Under an agreement announced Thu...
DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key US senators have reached a deal to expand the nation's largest federal homeownership program in a move that could help struggling subprime borrowers avoid foreclosure, legislative and industry sources said.
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DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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An update on Bermuda's progress in the arena of satellite slots and regulation at least had some of the hallmarks of a US Space Shuttle launch.
First the press conference was on, then it was off, then it was on.
Twenty-four hours after cancelling, At...
DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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CHICAGO (AP) - Conrad Black took a parting shot at those running his old newspaper company as he received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence this week, citing the "evaporation" of $1.85 billion of shareholder value since he was ousted.
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DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Chubb Corporation, the insurer of corporate boards and luxury homes, may buy back as many as 28 million shares.
The stock represents 7.3 percent of shares outstanding as of September 30, the Warren, New Jersey-based company sai...
DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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Former HSBC Bank of Bermuda banking officer Dorothea Butterfield has been named Cambridge's Who's Who Professional of the Year.
She received the award for her dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of Bermudian financial services.
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DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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The value of XL Capital's investment in Security Capital Assurance has dropped by $500 million in the past three months. Now XL has been warned not to get involved in the deepening crisis for its spin-off SCA as shares of both companies fell on the N...
DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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Government is not considering any changes to the existing parity position between the Bermuda dollar and the US dollar - that is the official line from the Ministry of Finance following the release of the latest balance of payments report.
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DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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A few years ago, chronic anxiety over his work as an attorney sent Dan Lukasik skidding into a clinical depression. After fighting his way back to mental health, he suspected that many of his colleagues were also suffering. So he decided to go public...
DATE: Dec 14, 2007
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