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SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) — Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc signed a $38.1 billion cash deal to buy Canada's Alcan Inc., creating the world's biggest aluminium producer, the companies said yesterday, trumping a hostile offer from Alcoa Inc.Rio...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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Butterfield Bank has been named the Best Bank in Bermuda for a second straight year by Euromoney, one of the world's leading financial publications.
Butterfield Bank won the award for the first time in 2006 — the inaugural year this honour was availa...
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Bidders will have until September 6 to submit their tenders to install a new submarine telecommunications cable linking Bermuda and the US.
In April, Government invited companies to submit expressions of interest and the tender document is available ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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Bermuda is still heavily reliant on foreign workers according to the latest Government Employment Briefs report.
Non-Bermudians account for 31 per cent of the labour market, most of whom work in the higher-income bracket.
Over a four-year period the ...
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A total of 35 new insurance and reinsurance companies incorporated in the first six months of 2007, figures released yesterday by the Bermuda Monetary Authority showed.
Only one, Starr Insurance and Reinsurance Ltd., which was incorporated in April, ...
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The Bermudian versus foreign workers was the focus for a lively debate at the Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation's (BSBDC) meeting in St George's yesterday evening.
Business people and members raised their fears over the growing number of...
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Covidien Ltd. is set to join the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) after its listing of common shares were approved by the Listing Committee yesterday.
The former Tyco Healthcare section of Tyco is a global leader in developing, manufacturing and distribu...
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SAO PAULO (Bloomberg) — Cia. Vale do Rio Doce, the world's biggest iron-ore producer, said it hasn't ruled out a possible bid for Canadian aluminIum company Alcan Inc., which yesterday agreed to be acquired by Rio Tinto Group for $38.1 billion.No tal...
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Employment in Bermuda has reached an all-time high according to the latest figures released by the Government's Department of Statistics yesterday.
The 2007 edition of the Employment Briefs shows the annual change in the level of employment was the h...
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Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. announced that its Catlin US specialty insurer has set up a US unit to offer horse-related insurance.
Catlin's new Equine Underwriting Unit will be based in Lexington, Kentucky and will be staffed by a four-member team...
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