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A limited survey of how much money was donated to local charities by Bermuda-based companies during the past year has shown that 20 gave a combined total of $18.3 million.
That amount represents only a portion of the total amount given by on-Island c...
DATE: May 07, 2007
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TORONTO(Reuters) - Strong earnings from some of Canada's biggest companies and a spate of merger activity are banishing any thoughts of stock investors adhering to the old saw: "sell in May and go away".There's too much going on. The Toronto Stock Ex...
DATE: May 07, 2007
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Profits more than doubled at Ram Holdings in the first three months of 2007 compared with the same period a year ago.
The company has recognised that its premium writing in the first quarter of last year were “somewhat weak” but even so the improveme...
DATE: May 07, 2007
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Seeing thousands of sharp-suited professionals happily networking away among the hundreds of RIMS exhibits in an immaculate convention centre was enough to create the impression that New Orleans was back to normal.
Just up the road in the French Quar...
DATE: May 07, 2007
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Shares worth $31,555,757 were traded on a record-breaking week for the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange.
The index hit an all-time record high on Tuesday and then surpassed that mark on Wednesday to reach 5,188.66.
The Wednesday trading was mar...
DATE: May 07, 2007
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A week of events to present 21st century technology to the general public starts today with the Island's first Technology Week, which has been given the shortened moniker of TechWeek by the Ministry of the Environment, Telecommunications and E-Commer...
DATE: May 07, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose moderately carving out its fourth straight weekly gain amid a fresh round of corporate take-over news and employment figures that largely met expectations.Reports that Microsoft Corp. renewed talks to acquire or inves...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose 1.01 percent to a new closing high for the year, on mergers and acquisition activity, with Reuters' shares rising almost a third after the company said it had received a take-over approach. The FTSE 100 ended u...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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Question: I’m going to Europe on vacation this summer, how can I feel less of a pinch from the dollar falling as much as it has against the pound and euro?
Answer: Traveling to Britain these days means your dollar is really worth about 50 cents. Goin...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange ended the week with a 13.91 point (0.27 percent) rise to close at 5,154.6.
Shares of Butterfield Bank returned to their 52-week high of $60 after improving 25 cents (0.4 percent) on the strength of 22,308 be...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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