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Butterfield Bank capped a successful week by being the biggest climber on the Royal Gazette Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) over the past five days.
The Bank's share price climbed $1.50 (2.61 percent) after it announced a triple-notch ratings upgrade fr...
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Allied World Assurance Company moves into its sixth year with an updated logo and a move into a new office block two storeys higher than its adjacent landlord the American International Group.
From the seventh floor AWAC president Scott Carmilani can...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — UK economic growth slowed in the quarter through February, easing pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates for a fourth time since August, the National Institute for Economic and Social Research said.Gross domestic...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Strong demand for corn from ethanol plants is driving up the cost of livestock and will raise prices for beef, pork and chicken, the Agriculture Department said on Friday.Meat and poultry production will fall as producers face highe...
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Irish low-cost airline Ryanair plans to start serving larger airports in a bid to double passenger numbers, its chief executive said in an interview with German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche.“If we want to be so big in five...
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IN the ten days since a nine-percent plunge in China’s benchmark stock index triggered a global shakeout, many trees have been felled in an effort to analyse the causes.Most of the explanations make no sense. How is it that a one-day dive in an undev...
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) — With their tax advantages ripped away, investing in Canada’s energy trusts looked set to become a mug’s game. Units prices are down, costs are an issue and commodity prices have been volatile.The sector has been a headach...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After dozens of reports of fires in Dodge Durango and Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles, DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group is recalling almost 500,000 vehicles.Chrysler said on Friday it had received 66 reports of fires in Dodge...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The yen declined against the dollar and euro this week after a rebound in global stock markets encouraged investors to sell the Japanese currency to buy higher-yielding assets overseas.Japan’s yen fell against 15 of 16 most-act...
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — Wachovia chairman and chief executive Ken Thompson received compensation the company valued at nearly $18.4 million in 2006, according to a regulatory filing made on Friday.Thompson, 56, received $1.09 million in salary, $5.15 millio...
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