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TORONTO (Reuters) - Profit-taking pulled the Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index lower, overcoming strength in the telecoms group resulting from takeover speculation swirling about BCE Inc.The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 51.03 points, or 0.4 ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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SPAM continues to bedevil e-mail boxes, with March levels still at 89.09 per cent of all e-mails scanned, according to UK-based SoftScan. The February level was 90.3 per cent. Virus levels continue to be low at about 0.6 per cent of e-mails.Still it ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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Expanding insurance brokerage Integro Ltd. has announced the formation of an international insurance and reinsurance unit based in London.
The move is the latest step in the rapid expansion of the company which was founded two years ago by Bermuda in...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Bush administration, under pressure from Congress to get tougher on trade, said yesterday it would take legal action against China for failing to stop widespread piracy and counterfeiting of American goods.“Inadequate prote...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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Proposed Government reforms of Bermuda’s telecoms market are welcome by Digicel’s new top man in Bermuda David Hunter.
And he is pleased by Cable & Wireless’ recent decision to step away from a proposed take-over of KeyTech Limited, owner of the Berm...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The world’s largest natural gas exporting countries plan to establish a high-level group on gas pricing, the Russian energy minister said yesterday, though his Iranian and Qatari counterparts denied the producers aim to establish a...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced the appointment of Richard Houghton as its chief financial officer, replacing Julian Cusack.
Mr. Houghton has moved to Aspen from Royal Bank of Scotland Group, where he was chief operati...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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DUBAI (Bloomberg) — Islamic insurance premiums world-wide will jump more than five-fold to $11 billion by 2015 as Muslims become richer and economic growth spawns large industrial projects, American International Group, Inc. forecast.“The industry is...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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On a relatively quiet day for the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange there was a 11.26 (0.22 percent) fall to a market close at 5,089.18.
Devonshire Industries shares improved by $1 (7.7 percent) to end up at $14 after 200 were traded. Also movin...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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Butterfield Bank intends to create 150 million new redeemable preference shares.
The move to increase the share capital of the bank is amongst the agenda items for the annual shareholders meeting to be held at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Insti...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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