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Bermuda reinsurer RenaissanceRe is to provide funding for a research machine that will be capable of replicating the conditions created by a category four hurricane in a laboratory environment.
The company, through its US affiliate WeatherPredict Con...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — This week on Wall Street will be all about American consumers, and whether their spending habits are strong enough to support a steady advance in stocks.Investors have already had an earful from the Federal Reserve about its stance on...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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Farmland from Iowa to Argentina is rising faster in price than apartments in Manhattan and London for the first time in 30 years.
Demand for corn used in ethanol increased the value of crop land 16 percent in Indiana and 35 percent in Idaho in 2006, ...
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A chance meeting at the Pompano Beach Club led to a music distribution deal with a US rap artist for a young Bermudian entrepreneur.
McCal Roberts, the owner of Mac10 Records, who works as a waiter at the Southampton hotel, met rapper Doctor Ice when...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is asking a federal judge to disqualify himself from hearing a bid to certify a class action lawsuit against the insurer over Hurricane Katrina damages.In court papers filed last week in Gulfport, M...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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There was heavy trading in Butterfield Bank last week, which helped to push the trading turnover on the Royal Gazette Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) to more than $3 million.
The Bank?s share price dropped 25 cents (0.43 percent) to close Friday on $57....
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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Bermuda reinsurer RenaissanceRe is to provide funding for a research machine that will be capable of replicating the conditions created by a category four hurricane in a laboratory environment.
The company, through its US affiliate WeatherPredict Con...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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Jonathan Kent
MONTREAL (Reuters) — Canada’s capital markets are so far shrugging off a Quebec election campaign in which a seasoned separatist party wants to retake power and hold another vote on independence for the province.Opinion polls put the ruling, pro-fede...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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Butterfield Bank has been named Best Developed Market Bank 2007 for Bermuda by Global Finance magazine. This is the third consecutive year Butterfield Bank has won an award from Global Finance and this award follows a fifth consecutive accolade from ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — ValueAct Capital Partners LP, the San Francisco-based hedge-fund manager co-founded by Jeff Ubben, bought a 5.5 percent in Warner Chilcott Ltd.The firm owns 13.8 million shares of the Bermuda-based maker of women’s health-care ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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