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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street soared in the first day of trading for the third quarter, boosted by a decline in Treasury yields, a rise in June manufacturing activity and a spate of buyout news.The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 120 poin...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index ended down 0.26 percent, as a looming interest-rate decision and public security concerns dented sentiment, but mining stocks rose as bid talk lifted Lonmin. The FTSE 100 ended down 17.3 points at 6,590.6.ROUNDUP:EUR...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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TORONTO (AP) — The bidding may not be over for the parent of Bell Canada, which over the weekend agreed to a buyout offer of $35.1 billion from a consortium led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board in the biggest Canadian take-over ever.
If the...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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A story last week regarding money manager and author Terry Coxon's failed appeal to prevent US authorities from gaining access to details of his offshore financial affairs confused two legal matters regarding the businessman.
The Royal Gazette wishes...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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A gap in Bermuda's tourism market is to be filled by Bermuda Tours and C Travel joining forces to create a new company to provide guided bus, taxi and boat tours for hotel guests and other on-Island visitors.
Cruise ship tourists have been well cater...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Golden Ocean Group Ltd., a commodity-shipping line controlled by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, lost $15 million on wrong-way bets on the cost of renting vessels.The shipping line, which incorrectly predicte...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Having a tattoo is no longer the sole preserve of bikers and teenagers. High-flying CEOs are just as likely to call in for a tattoo as any other customer. Just ask Tommy Murphy who works at the newly opened Tattoo Shop around the corner from Hamilton...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Tentative hopes have been expressed by Bermuda Broadcasting Company and the Bermuda Industrial Union that ongoing industrial action at the ZBM/ZFB TV and radio broadcasting station is heading towards resolution.
A "work to rule" has been in place at ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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A large volume of shares in Butterfield Bank were traded but not enough to move the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange, which remained stationary at 5,137.77 points.
The bank shares remained at $60 despite 13,735 units being traded, representing ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Chamber of Commerce president Philip Barnett has suggested it's time for tax cuts after Government saw its payroll tax receipts soar to $78 million in the first quarter of this year — up almost 21 percent on the same period last year.
The figure is r...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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