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WASHINGTON (Reuters)The World Bank has launched the first multinational disaster insurance plan that will give Caribbean countries — and Bermuda — immediate cash after hurricanes or earthquakes. A donor conference in Washington on Monday raised $47 m...
DATE: Feb 28, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world’s second-biggest oil-tanker company, said fourth-quarter profit rose 0.6 percent after it sold two vessels for gains of $73.2 million.
Net income was $134.6 million, or $1.80 a share, compa...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks had their worst day of trading since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, briefly hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points on a world-wide tide of concern that the US and Chinese economies are stumbling...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index plunged more than 360 points, its steepest one-day percentage loss since April 2004, as commodity issues led a broad retreat after a sharp sell-off in Chinese stocks sparked concerns about g...
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Bermuda Aviation Services is going up in the world after becoming a majority partner in a joint venture with Otis Elevator Company Bermuda.
The move further expands BAS’ collection of companies and ties the company in with the US-headquartered Otis E...
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
For a scary moment last week, my mind was hijacked by Britney Spears while my computer was taken over by Systemdoctor 2006.
The software is a piece of adware that fools you into installing it on your computer. Systemdoctor 2006 changed my browser hom...
DATE: Feb 28, 2007
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Ahmed Elamin
Bermuda Press Holdings Ltd. — the parent company of The Royal Gazette — yesterday reported a profit of $2.3 million in 2006, down by five percent on the previous year.
Company president and director Roger Davidson attributed the fall in net income to...
DATE: Feb 28, 2007
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Hundreds of millions of dollars were wiped off the value of Bermuda’s international companies yesterday as stocks plummeted around the world.
The Bermuda Insurance Index was down 1.9 percent on a day charatcterised by widespread panic trading which f...
DATE: Feb 28, 2007
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The Bank of N.T. Butterfield and Sons Ltd. v. William Irving Minors.
In the matter of the Mental Health Act 1968. In the matter of Mansfield Alexander Smith.
Judith E.A. Simmons v Otis Robinson.
In the matter of Section 111 of the Companies Act 1981....
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Former Bermuda Commercial Bank president Arnold Francis has retired as a director of the bank, ending a 28-year association as a board member.
His place has been filled by chartered accountant Christian Peterson.
Announcing his retirement, Mr. Franci...
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