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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. has appointed Donald A. Emeigh, Jr., formerly of White Mountains Reinsurance Group, as General Counsel. He will be based in Bermuda and will head the Flagstone legal team.
Mr. Emeigh has close to 30 years of experi...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended flat yesterday as a surge in the price of oil and a takeover deal for Western Oil Sands Inc. offset weakness in telecoms and a plunge in Rogers Communications Inc.
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DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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Rising demand for deluxe scotch whisky in China, Taiwan, Korea and other Asian countries has promoted Bacardi to invest more than $250 million to expand production of its Dewar's brand in Scotland.
The Bermuda-based company intends to add a new matur...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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Scott Neil
Net income: $183.2 million compared to $130.4 million in 2006.
Combined ratio: 62.7 percent compared to 72.2 percent in 2006.
Gross written premiums: $845.8 million compared to $742.5 million in 2006.
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Johnson & Johnson said yesterday it would reduce its global work force by up to four percent, or up to 4,820 jobs, to cut costs due to a slump in sales of its heart stents and its No. 2 drug, plus coming patent expirations for key ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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Top alternative investment funds administrator Olympia Capital International Inc. has been acquired by CACEIS, a leading European institutional securities servicing provider with $1.3 trillion in assets under administration.
The transaction provides...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (AP) At the beach of the future, visitors will wear wristbands that automatically debit their bank accounts or credit cards to pay for beach access, food and parking. Garbage cans will e-mail clean-up crews when they're ready t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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Sealift's Oslo listing
LONDON (Bloomberg) Bermuda-based Sealift Ltd., a company that converts ageing crude-oil tankers into rig transporters, plans to sell shares to the public and list them on the Oslo stock exchange.
The share sale and listing will...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Hilton Hotels Corp., the company that agreed to be bought by Blackstone Group LP for $20 billion, said profit exceeded analysts' estimates after it raised room rates.
Second-quarter net income climbed 15 percent to $165 million, ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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Whether you're a top executive or an entry level worker, what you say about your company on the internet can be like pointing a virtual gun at yourself and blowing your career away.
Perhaps the most recent example of such foolish behaviour was provid...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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