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LONDON (Reuters) — Vodafone Group Plc painted a bullish picture for 2008 yesterday as the mobile phone giant topped average forecasts for annual underlying earnings and dividends, sending its stock to five-year highs.Vodafone, the world's largest mob...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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E-commerce payment solutions company First Atlantic Commerce has been chosen to process the online credit-card payments for car hire giant Avis.
The contract is the latest feather in the cap of a Bermuda company that has established a growing reputat...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Suntech Power Holdings Co., the fourth-largest maker of solar-power cells, said first-quarter profit rose 35 percent on surging demand for the renewable energy source.Net income rose to $26.1 million, or 16 cents a share, from ...
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Bank of Bermuda has hired Guillermo Konecny as the new head of HSBC Investments Bermuda (ISBM).
In this role, Mr. Konecny will be responsible for assets under management in excess of $13 billion and developing and implementing the investment business...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Bermuda-based insurer Northstar Financial Services Ltd. yesterday announced it had signed a five-year outsourcing deal with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).
Under the agreement, California-based CSC's life insurance and annuity BPO services team ...
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LONDON (Reuters) — British mortgage approvals edged higher in April after four months of annual declines but economists still predict the housing market will slow further this year as higher interest rates hit demand.Policymakers unanimously voted to...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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LONDON (AP) — Shares in British Airways PLC rose yesterday on speculation of a possible takeover approach after investment bank Goldman Sachs raised its stake in the carrier.BA revealed on Friday that Goldman Sachs had lifted its shareholding to 5.14...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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A downturn in the value of three stocks resulted in a 30.42 point (0.59 percent) drop on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange, which ended at 5,134.9.
The biggest faller was BF&M, which saw of its shares close $1.20 (6.3 percent) down at $17.75...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended more than 100 points lower as resource shares dropped sharply and the Bank of Canada raised market expectations for an interest rate hike.The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 111.02 poi...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) — China's insurance market expanded 24 percent to 253.2 billion yuan ($33 billion) in premiums in the first four months of 2007 from a year earlier, the regulator said.Premiums from life policies rose 19 percent to 164.1 billion ...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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