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The Bank of Bermuda announced yesterday that its Island-based investments arm has been selected to manage one of the largest international funds in the world.
HSBC Investments (Bermuda) has been appointed as the discretionary investment advisor to th...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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Conyers Dill & Pearman yesterday announced that Bermudians Marcia Spencer and Joyce McGuinness had both been promoted to the newly created position of assistant manager in Codan Services, an affiliate of the offshore law firm.
In a statement, the fir...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) — Insurance companies are about to shower at least $1 billion of fees on fund managers, and just a handful of firms are lining up to compete for the windfall.Deutsche Bank AG, BlackRock Inc. and Conning & Co. oversee about 40 pe...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose, sending the benchmark index to another record, after Rio Tinto offered to buy aluminium maker Alcan Inc. for $38.1 billion, fuelling takeover speculation concerning other materials stocks.A five-year rally ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — The container vessel MSC Napoli will be beached off the coast of southern England after inspections showed she had a three-metre wide crack in her hull, salvagers said yesterday.The vessel was floated on Monday so divers could eval...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street soared yesterday, propelling the Standard & Poor's 500 index and Dow Jones industrials to record highs as bright spots among generally sluggish retail sales allowed investors to toss aside concerns about the health of the ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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Belco Holdings Ltd. was the only company to gain ground on a quiet day's trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday.
Belco climbed 25 cents (1.3 percent) to end the day on $20.25, though the energy provider was still near the lower end of its 52...
DATE: Jul 13, 2007
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LONDON — Britain's top share index fell as high oil prices and worries over US subprime mortgages dented sentiment but Whitbread and BSkyB sparkled. The FTSE 100 closed at 6615.1 points, down 15.8 or 0.24 percent.ROUNDUP:EUROFIRSTEUROPE — European st...
DATE: Jul 12, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — It used to be that a full-service apartment building in New York meant a doorman, a roof garden, maybe a gym.These days, the can-you-top-this amenities include chic screening rooms; covered dog runs; golf simulators where you can prac...
DATE: Jul 12, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street bounced back yesterday from its sharp decline a day earlier, boosted by takeover activity ahead of second-quarter earnings reports.Investors shaken by profit warnings earlier in the week appeared to be cautiously optimisti...
DATE: Jul 12, 2007
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