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Rising bank shares helped to push up The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange Index by 20 points yesterday.
The Bermuda Commercial Bank was the biggest climber, gaining 90 cents (10.2 percent) to close on $9.75, as 2,000 of its shares traded.
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DATE: May 22, 2007
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Ace is expanding its presence in Eastern Europe by opening offices in Hungary and the Czech Republic.
The insurance and reinsurance giant, which has its global headquarters in Bermuda, is looking to increase business in many of the emerging economies...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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The largest collection of Caribbean electricity company CEOs to attend a Carilec (Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corp) conference met up in Hamilton this week they were shown what may be the future of non-polluting electricity production — a peb...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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A bomb that killed nine people in the Indian city of Hyderabad did not impact an important business unit of Bermuda-based Flagstone Re located in the city.
The Bermuda reinsurance company, one of the newest on the Island, has an office dedicated to r...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose to five-week highs against the euro and three-month peaks versus the yen Monday as investors further trimmed bearish bets on the greenback amid a growing view the Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates anytim...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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New Bermuda-based class three reinsurer D.E. Shaw Re has hired Darren Redhead as its chief underwriting officer.
Mr. Redhead has joined the company from Lloyd's of London syndicate Talbot Underwriting, which was last week acquired by Bermuda-based Va...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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SHANGHAI, China (AP) — China's attempt to cool stock market fever by raising interest rates and tightening credit appeared to have little impact on local investors' insatiable appetite yesterday, with both mainland markets hitting new records.The ben...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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Global insurance broker Lockton Cos. Inc. is setting up shop in Bermuda.
The Kansas City-based company has hired three staff with great experience of the Bermuda insurance market — Ed Correia, William Lowe and Philip DiMeglio — to head its operation....
DATE: May 22, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market has been rising at an undaunted pace, and Wall Street is curious whether this week's readings on durable goods and home sales will cause anyone to flinch.Recently stocks, particularly those of large companies, have ad...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Bermudians seeking an entry point to the corporate business world that dominates the Island's economy can study for, and sit, the required professional qualification without leaving Bermuda.
Remarkably internal auditing, a profession that has countle...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Scott Neil
