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Watch out for the free version of Microsoft's Works package next month. Yep, that's right, the protective software giant is going after its main competition - the free programs that mimic its costly Office suite.
Microsoft will allow advertising to b...
DATE: Aug 08, 2007
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) suffered a poor day's trading yesterday as it closed well off its all-time high.
The Index finished on 5,303.33, down 26.65 points (0.50 percent), with a total of 39,383 shares changing hands and a...
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The newest Bermudian international company Argo Group International Holdings was formed yesterday from a merger between Bermuda reinsurer PXRE and Texas-based insurance company Argonaut Group, writes Scott Neil.
It has combined assets of over $5 bill...
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Consumers are paying four percent more than they did last year according to the latest figures released by the Department of Statistics.
Despite easing back from a 16-year high of 4.5 percent in May 2007, the inflation rate in June was still hitting ...
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Net income: $123.3 million compared to $102.4 million in 2006
Combined ratio: 80 percent compared to 78.2 percent in 2006
Gross premiums written: $530.5 million compared to $518.3 million in 2006
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WEST WINDSOR, N.J. (AP) Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd. said yesterday it fell to a fiscal third-quarter loss due to hefty charges primarily related to a legal settlement, but adjusted results managed to top Wall Street's expectations.
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DATE: Aug 08, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Marsh & McLennan Cos., the world's biggest insurance brokerage, said second-quarter profit rose 2.9 percent on higher revenue from corporate consulting services. The company said it would buy back $1.5 billion of its shares.
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Shares of Bermuda-based Primus Guaranty Ltd., the only publicly traded company that makes most of its money investing in credit-default swaps, surged the most since May 2006 as it boosted revenue selling a record amount of the de...
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Eastern Europe is fast becoming the place to invest in property if Fabian Romania Ltd.'s share value is anything to go by.
The company, which is listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX), saw its net asset value (NAV) per share increase by a whoppin...
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As Mark Watson III, one of the youngst international business CEOs in Bermuda, settled into his new office overlooking the blue waters of Hamilton harbour a workman on the ground floor scraped away the PXRE logo from the main entrance on Pitts Bay Ro...
DATE: Aug 08, 2007
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Scott Neil