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Bermuda investment company LOM Asset Management Ltd. yesterday predicted economic growth will slow in the US this year, while China?s economy will continue to expand at a rapid rate.
The company?s Investment Policy Committee yesterday suggested that ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Bermuda is a “sophisticated, well-run financial centre” and is good for the global financial system, according to world-renowned financial publication The Economist.
The Island features in a positive way in a lengthy special report on offshore financ...
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Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer XL Capital Ltd. announced yesterday it would buy back as much as $1 billion of the company’s shares.
Purchases will be made from time to time, either in the open market or privately negotiated transactions, XL said...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks climbed to a record for a second day on speculation there will be more take-overs, after TXU Corp. accepted the biggest-ever leveraged buyout and Fortis Inc. agreed to buy a unit of Kinder Morgan Inc.St. Lawrence...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Entertainer Tony Brannon has put his home studio up for sale ? lock, stock and barrel.
For $125,000 the singer and musician is prepared to part with the state-of-the-art Blue Clouds recording studio that was created only two years ago.
One thing he d...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Bermuda is a ?sophisticated, well-run financial centre? and is good for the global financial system, according to world-renowned financial publication The Economist.
The Island features in a positive way in a lengthy special report on offshore financ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Jonathan Kent
Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world's second-biggest oil-tanker company, said fourth-quarter profit rose 0.6 percent after it sold an oil tanker for a gain of $59 million.
Net income was $134.6 million, or $1.80 a share, from $133.8 million, or $...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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The World Bank and Caribbean nations, along with Bermuda, have taken a further step towards the creation of a new fund to insure island nations against hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Representatives from the Caribbean countries, along with P...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two potentially loaded words may tell the tale about whether JetBlue’s new “Customer Bill of Rights” truly helps to restore its reputation after an operational meltdown.
Littered throughout that proclamation are the words “controllabl...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Wendy’s International Inc. said that sagging sales will force it to close the restaurant where the United States’ third-largest hamburger chain began in 1969.The iconic restaurant, filled with memorabilia and photographs of the ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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