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There is a good deal of uncertainty among observers about the direction of the global economy and this is reflected in greater volatility in financial markets. Credit markets are again showing signs of fragility after the October lull, inducing centr...
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The saga of Bermuda-incorporated Ipoc reached another milestone last week with a multi-billion dollar peace agreement being approved in the Bermuda Supreme Court.
That was an official legal endorsement of a settlement made in the summer in which Ipoc...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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CARACAS, (Reuters) - Venezuela expects 2008 global oil prices will remain similar to the record prices seen this year, oil minister Rafael Ramirez said yesterday.
"We expect that the (global) market will maintain the same prices that we have seen thi...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Bermuda's insurance and reinsurance industry has played a major role in the US economy since the turn of the century, according to the latest report by the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers.
The study, entitled 'Analysis of the US Econom...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Crude oil may fall on speculation that production from OPEC members is increasing amid rising stockpiles in the US Midcontinent.
Thirteen of 27 analysts surveyed, or 48 percent, said oil will drop through this week. Nine, or 33...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Haim Weizman is a chemist by trade and an Internet moviemaker on the side.
In his first video, a telegenic narrator in a lab coat swirls a flask as electronic music plays in the background. Created by four science and film students at the University ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Expanding the investment funds sector offers Bermuda the chance of further international business growth without adding substantially to the strain on the Island's stretched infrastructure.
That is the view of Cheryl Packwood, chief executive officer...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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DELAWARE (Bloomberg) — Becton, Dickinson & Company may get more than $4 million in damages after a jury decided that a Tyco International spinoff company infringed its patent for hypodermic needle safety shields.
A federal jury of six women and two m...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Aon Consulting Worldwide, has appointed Mark Blumenthal as its chief financial officer.
Mr. Blumenthal reports to Andrew Appel, chief executive officer of Aon Consulting Worldwide, and is responsible for all aspects of financial management for Aon Co...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — SAC Capital Advisors, the hedge fund company founded by Steven Cohen, boosted its stake in Orient-Express Hotels, the owner of Italy's Hotel Splendido and the 21 Club restaurant, to 5.6 percent.
The Stamford, Connecticut-based ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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