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HONG KONG (AP) — Dow Jones board member David Li confirmed yesterday that US securities regulators are considering legal action against him as part of an insider trading investigation linked to Dow Jones shares.The Hong Kong banker, a prominent membe...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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US companies with registered offices in Bermuda, such as world-leading consultancy firm Accenture, face being barred from all US Federal Government contracts as "punishment" for reaping tax advantages by being based offshore.
In a proposed further er...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell more than one percent as downbeat comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hit global equities already nervous about the extent of the US subprime market crisis.
The FTSE 100 closed at 6567.1 points, d...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Business-types who go everywhere with their BlackBerry have one more thing to remember each time they leave and return to Bermuda — a yellow registration slip for Customs.
Forget to carry that document of proof of ownership and you face paying a tax ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Kevin Davis, the chief executive officer of Bermuda-based MF Global, is about to make approximately $180 million over the next three years following the company's imminent flotation on the New York Stock Exchange.
The figure was quoted on a report pu...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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The devastation wreaked by the recent earthquakes in Japan is likely to have little impact on Bermuda's reinsurance market.
That is according to Jim Bryce, CEO of IPC Holdings Ltd, who believes the payouts from reinsurers on the island to insurance c...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Electricians are invited to attend a town hall meeting this evening with the National Training Board to discuss the National Occupational Certification Programme that is to be introduced as of 31 August. The meeting will be held at the Anglican Cathe...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Three stocks climbed as the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange advanced 27.87 points (0.53 percent) to close at 5,251.65.
Insurance group BF&M enjoyed the biggest gain, improving 65 cents (3.5 percent) after 400 shares were traded, to close at $1...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark index sprinted late in yesterday's session to a record high, boosted by take-over speculation surrounding Canadian Pacific Railway and rising energy and gold-mining issues.The S&P/TSX composi...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Eleven Bermudians were presented yesterday with close to $200,000 in highly competitive scholarships, education bursaries and awards.
Butterfield Bank chief financial officer Richard Ferrett presented the awards totalling $190,000, but through schola...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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