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When the mortgage lender Northern Rock Plc collapsed in September, and caused the first run on a bank in a developed country in living memory, it seemed possible to exonerate the British financial and political system.
After all, the crisis could be ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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Capital G's customers realised the benefit of banking online - by winning iPods at a prize giving reception held at Capital G's offices on Wednesday.
Nine of the bank's clients proved to be the lucky recipients, with five iPod Nanos handed out to cus...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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london (Bloomberg) — Umbro Plc, the soccer-uniform maker being acquired by Nike Inc., and UK retailer Sports Direct International Plc said earnings will be hurt by England's failure to qualify for the 2008 European championship.
Sports Direct shares ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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Butterfield Bank dropped five cents (0.3 percent) to close at $18.75 on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
A total of 2,942 shares were traded by the bank throughout the day.
The only other companies for whom shares chang...
DATE: Nov 22, 2007
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Utilico Emerging Markets is doing well in a testing time for emerging markets generally, according to chairman Alexander Zagoreos.
In common with previous periods, the portfolio has outperformed the MSCI EMF (Sterling adjusted) index.
The MSCI gained...
DATE: Nov 22, 2007
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SEATTLE/NEW YORK (PRNewswire via COMTEX) — If an influenza pandemic occurred this year, fewer than one-fifth of the approximately 13 billion vaccine doses needed to fully vaccinate the global population would be available within six months in a best-...
DATE: Nov 22, 2007
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They say nothing in life is free and that is certainly true if you are thinking about obtaining a copy of the 95-page Offshore Financial Services Databook 2007, which will set you back a princely $4,585.
For that you can read up on Bermuda (two pages...
DATE: Nov 22, 2007
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Getting young Bermudians interested in insurance - that is the message being put out through a soon-to-air on TV video from the Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies.
The half-hour long programme entitled 'Set to Succeed' was this week shown to th...
DATE: Nov 22, 2007
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The steady stream of newly incorporated companies forming in Bermuda has continued, with no fewer than five starting up last month.
French domiciled Triple-A reinsurance firm CIFG Guaranty led the way at the start of the month when its parent company...
DATE: Nov 22, 2007
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The famous Canadian dynasty, the Irving family, is reportedly moving towards breaking up its $6 billion empire, which controls huge business concerns in New Brunswick.
The 125-year-old dynasty is controlled via a number of JD Irving Limited Bermuda-...
DATE: Nov 22, 2007
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