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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange slipped from its record high by 47.97 points (0.92 percent) to close at 5,140.59 as shares in Butterfield Bank and Argus fell.
Butterfield Bank's shares dropped 25 cents(0.4 percent) to $59.75 after 2,500 we...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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PRAGUE (Bloomberg) — Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., the owner of television networks in six east European countries, said first-quarter sales jumped 24 percent, above analyst estimates. The shares had their biggest gain ever.Total sales ros...
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Office workers will surely look on in envy at the new business of entrepreneurs Travis Lewis and Allen DeSilva that means they get to spend the entire summer on fishing expeditions around the reef.
Bobbing up and down on the aquamarine waters that su...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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Six legal actions have been filed in the US accusing around 40 different companies of sharing a portion of the blame for Hurricane Katrina because their activities had contributed to global warming.
That was just one example cited at a RIMS session o...
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TORONTO (Reuters) — Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said yesterday its first-quarter earnings fell along with lower total revenue and a decline in investment gains.The insurance holding company said it earned $110.9 million, or $5.88 a share, in the ...
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Butterfield Bank's role in assisting with the issuing of 2.5 million shares of Bermuda Aviation Services, in a deal worth $15.8 million, has won it the 'Deal of the Year 2007' award for Bermuda from The Banker magazine, a Financial Times publication....
DATE: May 04, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Aon Corp., the world’s second-largest insurance brokerage, said first-quarter profit rose 7.6 percent on higher revenue from fees and commissions.Net income climbed to $213 million, or 66 cents a share, from $198 million, or 57...
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OSLO (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest offshore oil driller, said it expects to win more contracts a day after securing $970 million for one of its rigs, sending shares up by the most in seven months.Bermuda-registered Seadrill a...
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Concern about higher claims being made in marine insurance will be at the forefront of discussion when the first TradeWinds Marine Risk Forum is held in Bermuda at the end of next week.
The shipping industry newspaper is convening a two-day conferenc...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Manulife Financial Corp., Canada's largest insurer, said first-quarter profit increased as stock prices boosted earnings from its mutual fund businesses in Canada and the US.First-quarter shareholders' net income climbed 3.6 per...
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