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SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Even for a company that's mastered the art of product-launch hoopla, Apple Inc. appears to have pulled out all the stops to propel iPhone hysteria into the stratosphere.Technology analysts say Apple started its publicity c...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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Kiln names Creasy as new group CEO
Bermuda-based Kiln Ltd. has named Edward Creasy group chief executive officer in a reorganisation of its management structure.
Kiln Ltd. is the holding company responsible for the management of the Kiln Group, a spe...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — An investment and insurance firm run by Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, former chief executive officer of American International Group Inc., sued AIG for "hundreds of millions" of dollars that the insurer made with the firm.The cross...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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COMPUTER users can be forgiven for yawning at Apple's recent decision to bring its Safari web browser to machines running Microsoft Windows.Like many users, I have plenty of complaints about my Windows PC. But a shortage of browsers isn't one of them...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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There has been a big change in the level of importance Guy Carpenter & Company places on Bermuda since its first tentative presence on the Island in the 1990s.
Last year alone it placed in excess of $4 billion in premiums with Bermuda-based companies...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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KeyTech Ltd., the parent company of the Bermuda Telephone Company, yesterday announced 2006/07 net income of $9.1 million — a fall of $2.6 million from the previous year.
In a statement yesterday, the company said costs relating to accounting changes...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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REMEMBER when little Antigua faced off against the US over the country's restrictions on online gambling — and won? The island nation of Antigua and Barbuda took the US before the World Trade Organisation's arbitration board in 2004 over the issue. T...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended sharply lower for a third straight session, as resource issues fell on weakness in commodity prices, while BCE also weighed.The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 177.98 points, or 1....
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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When it comes to stock exchanges Bermuda is quite a few notches ahead of its southern competitor the Cayman Islands — as has been borne out by a lament from a Cayman's business commentator.
The Cayman Stock Exchange is celebrating its 10th anniversar...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. may have to bail out a second troubled hedge fund that it manages, Merrill Lynch analyst Guy Moszkowski wrote yesterday.That fund could have a loan exposure of as much as $7 billion, Moszkowski wrote.
But a...
DATE: Jun 26, 2007
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