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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index closed lower as strong earnings from some of the country's banks could not offset lingering concerns raised by Tuesday's sell-off in Chinese stocks, while bargain hunters trimmed losses.The ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2007
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A pink building on the side of the road leading into St. George?s that was Eunice Butterfield?s Beauty Parlour for more than half a century has been brought back into use ? once more as a hairdressing salon but this time run by Barbara-Ann Paynter.
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A British computer programming expert who has most recently worked for the Bank of New York in Brussels has joined Bermuda-based Independent Consulting Solutions.
Londoner Karl Shaharudin has extensive experience of Lotus Notes, an IBM computer busin...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Golar LNG Ltd., an owner of liquefied-gas tankers controlled by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, said fourth-quarter profit more than tripled to a record as its vessels worked for more days and at better rates...
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) ? Swiss Reinsurance, the world?s largest reinsurer, said profit doubled last year to a record as it paid fewer claims for natural disasters and bought General Electric?s reinsurance unit.
Net income rose to 4.6 billion Swiss francs...
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Things look good for reinsurance companies in 2007, so much so that credit rating organisation A.M. Best has revised its outlook for the global sector from a ?negative? to ?stable.?
The year is shaping up to be another potentially profitable one with...
DATE: Mar 02, 2007
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IF there’s anything surprising about this week’s plunge in Chinese stocks it’s that anyone would be surprised.One can debate whether China’s equity rally of recent years constitutes a bubble or an outright Ponzi scheme. What isn’t debatable is that s...
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Shares in only one company were traded on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday, resulting in no movement in the market as it remained stationary on 4,994.1 points.
A total of 2,693 shares in Butterfield Bank were traded at $57.50 but ...
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GENEVA (AP) — Top trade negotiators from the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India will meet in London and Geneva this weekend to discuss long-struggling World Trade Organization efforts to liberalise global commerce.“It will be just bi...
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