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JEREMY Grantham, chairman of Boston- based investment firm Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., suggested earlier this year that the world was witnessing "the first truly global bubble". Here are seven more bubbles for investors to ponder.1 Economy, ...
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LONDON - Britain's top index of 100 leading shares rose more than one percent, as a retreat in US bond yields improved sentiment in stock markets, boosting UK equities, which also benefited from upbeat oils.
The FTSE closed 1.4 percent higher at 6,64...
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Shares in BF&M tumbled as the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange slipped 9.95 points (0.19 percent) to 5,138.22.
BF&M was the only mover as its shares lost 75 cents to close at $18.50 after 2,000 were traded.
Also in the insurance sector Argus Gr...
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WOLFSBURG (Bloomberg) — Hans-Juergen Uhl, a former German lawmaker and labour leader at Volkswagen AG, was convicted by a German court after confessing that he used company money for prostitutes and lied to conceal his actions.The local court of Wolf...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — UK consumers' satisfaction with the Bank of England fell to a seven-year low in May after inflation accelerated to a record, a central bank survey showed.The balance of positive and negative replies to a question on how good a jo...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Insurance companies are competing to sell no-frills health plans to a generation of so-called young immortals, Americans ages 18 to 34 who don't have medical insurance because they doubt they'll need it.Aetna Inc., WellPoint ...
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ATLANTA (Bloomberg) — Marriott International Inc. will work with Ian Schrager, who revived the concept of the boutique hotel 23 years ago, to create a chain with as many as 100 locations.Schrager will design and market the chain, while Marriott will ...
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ACE Tempest Re Group, the reinsurance division of the ACE Group of Companies, has announced a series of executive appointments in its Bermuda, Europe and US operations.
Andreas Lewin, President and Chief Executive Officer of ACE Tempest Re Bermuda, h...
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If Bermuda-based multi-billion dollar reinsurance firms were ordered out of the New York Stock Exchange because of theoretical changes in US tax regulations, they could bring their heavyweight presence to bear on Bermuda's BSX index.
But would the Is...
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LONDON (Reuters) — The number of no-deposit mortgages has doubled in a year, as lenders react to Britain's property affordability crisis, a report shows.Only 60 100-percent-plus fixed-rate mortgages were available in May last year — from 17 lenders —...
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