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LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are being lured into "turkey" funds managed by big brand fund managers — and could have lost out on profits of up to £30,000 over the past five years, independent research shows.
Investors are being persuaded by "seductiv...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - XL Capital shares rose the most in six years after a Citigroup analyst said concern about a bond insurance affiliate's solvency is overblown.
XL jumped $4.51, or 8.9 percent, to $55.44 in New York Stock Exchange composite tradi...
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XL Foundation, the charitable arm of XL Capital, has announced that XL has been named the principal sponsor of The Centre for Leadership's 'Future Leaders' Conference to be held next week.
The event will be staged on Tuesday at the Berkeley Institute...
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A delegation from Bermuda attended a major hedge fund conference in Dubai this week as they looked to forge financial links between the Island and the rapidly developing Middle Eastern financial centre.
Bermuda International Business Association (BIB...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The US Treasury Department said companies such as Ingersoll-Rand and Cooper Industries that incorporate in offshore tax havens are shifting "substantially all of their income out of the United States."
In a report to Congress r...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has agreed to eliminate a dozen industrial subsidy programmes the United States challenged as illegal this year under World Trade Organisation rules, the top US trade official said yesterday.
"This outcome represents a vi...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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Bermuda's Argus Group has boosted its six months earnings by 6.8 percent to $18.5 million.
Gerald Simons, president & CEO, put the success down to building on the strong foundations of its core businesses - life, pensions, health and property and cas...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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–ST. PAUL, Minnesota. (AP) - The 16 big flasks of bubbling bright green liquids in Roger Ruan's lab at the University of Minnesota are part of a new boom in renewable energy research.
Driven by renewed investment as oil prices push $100 a barrel, Rua...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index closed higher yesterday despite a drop in telecoms shares the day after the government's decision to encourage competition in the wireless market.
The telecoms sector was down 3.5 percent, a...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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JOHANNESBURG (Bloomberg) - Aquarius Platinum Ltd., a Bermuda-based producer of platinum and palladium, said miners at its Everest operation in South Africa returned to work yesterday, ending a strike that started on Wednesday following the death of a...
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