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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index dropped more than 200 points yesterday to a two-and-a-half month low as lower commodity prices hit resource stocks, while resurgent credit concerns yanked the shares of the big banks lower d...
DATE: Nov 16, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Bermuda-based Digicel Group Ltd. chairman Denis O'Brien said he has not ruled out selling shares to the public as the company expands mobile-phone operations in Central America and the Pacific.
A public sale is "one of the thin...
DATE: Nov 16, 2007
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A Bermuda-registered private jet airline has been ferrying UK opposition politicians, including would-be Prime Minister David Cameron, across the globe, clocking up 184,000 miles of travel in the past year.
The Conservative Party MPs have travelled t...
DATE: Nov 15, 2007
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The importance of managing the cyclical nature of the insurance industry - that was the focus of Bermuda Insurance 2007's opening session yesterday.
The discussion, which was held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel featured a panel of big hitter...
DATE: Nov 15, 2007
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Bermuda-based shipping firm Dockwise Limited made a loss of $14.1 million for the third quarter 2007, representing an overall loss of $55.6 million for the year-to-date.
Former parent Dockwise Transport NV recorded a $13.5 million profit for last yea...
DATE: Nov 15, 2007
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Emergence Corporation, branded as MCS Limited in Bermuda, has won the prestigious 2007 Microsoft Business Solutions Caribbean and Latin American Partner of the Year Award.
The company was also named in the Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle for the fift...
DATE: Nov 15, 2007
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The British government is still considering changes to insurance industry tax rules to enable UK companies to compete better with rivals in low-tax jurisdictions like Bermuda, Lloyd's of London chairman Peter Levene said.
Speaking to Business Insuran...
DATE: Nov 15, 2007
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Giant UK-based global investment management company Invesco, which has more than $450 billion of assets under management, has decided to switch from London to Bermuda.
And as part of its "go west" move the financial heavyweight is also shifting its p...
DATE: Nov 15, 2007
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Companies will be able to prepare themselves better in the eventuality of a terrorist attack thanks to the latest catastrophe risk management system released by AIR Worldwide Corporation.
Risk modelling software provider and service consultant AIR an...
DATE: Nov 15, 2007
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It was a case of the same again with no movement on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
Butterfield Bank and KeyTech Ltd. both traded 2,857 and 44 shares respectively, but there was no change to their share prices.
The Ind...
DATE: Nov 15, 2007
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