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HONG KONG (Bloomberg) — In Hong Kong one of the city’s largest office landlords, Bermuda-incorporated Hongkong Land Holdings Limited, posted a 31 percent gain in underlying profit last year on increased rents.Profit excluding property revaluations ro...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) — The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a new five-year high of 3.75 percent yesterday and signalled no immediate end to rate increases in the euro zone.ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet told a news conference ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Dow Jones & Co. said advertising revenue at the Wall Street Journal fell 10 percent in February, the most in almost two years, in a sign the slimmer version of the newspaper has yet to lure back advertisers.Pages sold slid 6.6 ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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Tyco shareholders have agreed a reverse one-for-four stock split ahead of the company’s planned break-up into three publicly traded companies.
The move will have the effect of reducing the number of common shares issued and outstanding at present fro...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Tribune Co., which announced this week it is shedding two small Connecticut newspapers, says it has no plans to sell the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The (Baltimore) Sun or any of its other papers.“While the special committe...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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Shared technology tracks rats, mosquitoes and even criminals in Bermuda. It also keeps record of building maintenance and tax valuation and sharing crucial information with security services guarding the Island’s border entry points.
That at its simp...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has responded to Ace Ltd. CEO Evan Greenberg’s call for improved regulation of the insurance industry, by saying significant progress has already been made.
In a speech on Monday, Mr. Greenberg said Bermuda had ma...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell slightly but showed more signs of stability as investors sifted through new economic data and found little reason to resume last week’s heavy selling pace.The stock indexes wavered in a narrow range, reacting little to com...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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The new chief executive officer of Capital G Bank said yesterday he wanted to keep the company's relationship with customers "uncomplicated and fair" and lead the Bank to further growth.
Stephen Freeman, who has 25 years of banking experience, spoke ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index extended its recovery for a second straight session , ending sharply higher as materials and energy issues rose on firm commodity prices.The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 121.42 points, ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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