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LONDON (AP) — British Airways PLC on Friday admitted anticompetitive behaviour while posting a net loss for its latest quarter.The airline said it has earmarked $350 million ($690 million) to cover fines that are likely to stem from an investigation ...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The yen rose from an almost three-month low against the dollar after China allowed its currency to strengthen at a faster pace and lifted interest rates to cool an overheating economy.The Japanese currency gained on prospects a...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Replicas of a dated T-shirt that was on sale in Bermuda 27 years ago for a couple of dollars are being sold at $40 a time by an enterprising US-based internet company Worn Free.
Colourful disco-style wording on the otherwise plain T-shirt bears the n...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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AS college graduation season comes to a close, the newly anointed degree holders will finally have to face a new reality — life with hefty education debt. By the time they graduate, about two-thirds of students at four-year colleges and universities ...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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CALGARY(Reuters) - All may not be lost for Canadian oil companies in their quest to raise cash by selling assets without losing control over them.It appeared Ottawa closed that door last year by deciding to remove the tax advantages income trusts hav...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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More than $2.5 million worth of shares traded on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange last week, but the Index remained unchanged.
Meanwhile the BSX Insurance Index enjoyed a good week, rising 7.99 points (0.62 percent) to close on 1,294.41.
Tw...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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White Mountains Re is looking to raise almost $250 million through a share offering that will close this Thursday.
The money from the preference shares, which cost $1,000 each, will be used to further capitalise the company's reinsurance subsidiaries...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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BEIJING (AP) — China began letting its currency gradually rise against the dollar almost two years ago, a grudging response to complaints by trading partners that a weak yuan was behind the country's soaring trade surpluses.Since then, the US trade g...
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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THE folks at Fidelity Investments shouldn't expect VIP seating at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Boston-based company slashed its stake in PetroChina Co. amid pressure to sell shares of companies doing business in Sudan, which has been accused of sup...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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