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If catastrophes next year cause the formation of a "Class of 2008" of new insurance companies, not all of them would be formed in Bermuda, according to a panellist at yesterday's PricewaterhouseCoopers and Standard & Poor's Bermuda Insurance 2007 con...
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The Bank of Bermuda is doing its bit for the environment by joining in with the launch of HSBC's innovative new Climate Change fund.
The HSBC GIF Climate Change fund will invest in companies that are considered best placed to benefit from addressing,...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Evoking Depression-era memories, Wells Fargo & Co. President John Stumpf yesterday became the latest banker to predict continuing difficulties in the US housing market as risky mortgages made to overextended borrowers disintegrat...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Golden Ocean Group, a commodity shipping line led by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, climbed as much as 5.3 percent in Oslo trading after third quarter profit more than tripled.
The shares gained as much as 2.05 Norwegian ...
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Eugene Bean, group president of Bermuda Aviation Services, has defended his company's loss of earnings over the first half of this year.
Mr. Bean also attributed a fall in net income to the outgoings on the acquisition of CCS Limited and a drop in fr...
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–RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A UN-sponsored Internet conference ended yesterday with little to show in closing the issue of US control over how people around the world access e-mail and websites.
With no concrete recommendations for action, the onl...
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HONG KONG (Bloomberg) - China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., the nation's third-largest insurer, may raise as much as $6 billion in Shanghai and Hong Kong share sales over the next four months, said three people familiar with the plan.
The Shanghai-b...
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BALMEDIE, Scotland (Reuters) - The view from above on this wild and exposed stretch of Scotland's eastern coast looks nothing like a transatlantic battlefield.
The tranquil sea reflects a pale, mid-afternoon sun and the only sound comes from seabirds...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Bear Stearns Cos.' credit rating was cut by Standard & Poor's after the securities firm said it would write down the value of sub-prime assets by $1.2 billion, leading to its first quarterly loss since becoming a public company...
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Motor specialist HWP has announced a major managerial reshuffle with the appointment of a series of new vice-presidents and sales managers.
Harry Andrews has been appointed vice-president of customer service, Allan Ilderton, vice-president of group p...
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