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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world's biggest oil-tanker company by capacity, will probably say first-quarter profit halved after OPEC production cuts and the warmest winter on record eroded ship hire rates.Net income may fal...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Global insurer Lancashire Holdings Ltd. is now listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX), after the listing of more than up to 195 million of its common shares was approved.
Greg Wojciechowski, president and chief executive officer of the BSX, said:...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street eked out a modest gain as investors, wary about the upcoming release of the Federal Reserve minutes, bought cautiously amid a series of new take-over deals and upbeat consumer confidence figures.Stocks drew support from ne...
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LONDON (AP) — BP PLC said yesterday that it signed a major exploration and production agreement with Libya's National Oil Company.In a statement, Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward said the deal was worth at least $900 million ([EURO]666 million), ad...
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SO far, nothing but a new iPod has been able to tear me away from my old iPod. But after spending some time cozying up to SanDisk Corp.'s new Sansa Connect WiFi MP3 player, I'm willing to admit there are other players I'd use in a pinch.The $250 Sans...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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DALLAS (AP) — It's daybreak when Michael Machovsky climbs nearly 200 feet to the cab of his tower crane for a 10-hour day of hoisting equipment and supplies across a downtown construction site.As morning joggers shuffle by and commuter traffic backs ...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Bermuda had the earliest version of Know Your Customer (KYC) policy in the world and that is one of the reasons why it now enjoys a high standing as one of the world's leading financial centres.
It is more than 50 years since that KYC policy was intr...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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A couple of weeks ago at a conference in Birmingham I noticed this guy walking around with a laptop with two rolls of foam at the ends strapped to his shoulder with nylon rope."Hey, neat laptop carrier," I said.
"I'm the guy from Junkk.com," he said ...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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A company that has played a significant part in arranging tourism events, conference events and excursions in Bermuda for the past 40 years has suspended all operations and issued a statement suggesting it will not return.
With the peak tourist seaso...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Paris Re has registered with the French AMF stock market authority in a first step towards a possible $2 billion flotation later this year.
"Paris Re's shares are expected to be admitted to trading on the Eurolist by Euronext ...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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