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More than 100,000 shares in LOM (Holdings) were traded on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange, with the index closing 10.39 points (0.20 percent) down at 5,141.35.
The biggest volume of shares that changed hands was 109,000 of LOM stock, which...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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Risk and insurance service firm Marsh has established a Renewable Energy Team.
The team will work closely with the firm's Global Marine and Energy Practice and the Power and Utilities Industry Practice to help clients address and find upside in the w...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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STOCKHOLM (Bloomberg) — Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority fined eight Swedish insurance brokerages as much as 500,000 kronor ($73,070) after finding some employees hadn't been adequately trained for their job.Companies including Transcom AB an...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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Two months after it averted possible bankruptcy, Bermuda-based Scottish Re has announced two senior executive changes.
The shake-up comes in the wake of a difficult spell for the global reinsurance company, which had faced going into bankruptcy if it...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street reached another milestone during a muted session when the Standard & Poor's 500 index briefly passed its record close of 1,527.46 for the first time in more than seven years.The S&P 500, considered by market professionals ...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese stocks rose Monday after a two-day decline, with buying centred on shipping and steel shares on expectations for solid earnings in the current fiscal year.The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index added 157.29 points, or 0.90 percent...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Blackstone Group LP yesterday said it planned to raise as much as $7.75 billion from selling stakes to the public and to China, in perhaps the year's most eagerly awaited US initial public offering.In a filing with the US Securit...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — British music company EMI agreed to a $2.4 billion ($4.73 billion) cash takeover from private equity group Terra Firma yesterday in what could be a final snub to long-term suitor and rival Warner Music.The offer of 265 pence a shar...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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SYDNEY (Bloomberg) Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index rose to a record high, led by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto Group, as prices of copper and nickel climbed.CSL and Aristocrat Leisure led gains among companies with US earnings after consumer confidence i...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese state fund that is buying a $3 billion stake in US private equity firm Blackstone Group LP wants to avoid a political backlash when it makes other investments abroad, an official involved in the deal said yesterday.The new fu...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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