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It was a quiet start to the week for the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange with less than 1,000 shares being traded, resulting in a 10.71 (0.21 percent) point drop in the Exchange.
KeyTech Limited lost 45 cents a share to finish at $15.55, a 0.2...
DATE: Feb 13, 2007
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Attracting hedge funds and further business in the captive and insurance sectors to Bermuda is one of the key objectives of the Bermuda International Business Association in the wake of a successful trip to Europe.
The Association attended the 12th a...
DATE: Feb 13, 2007
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Bermuda newcomer Ironshore Insurance Ltd. has received its all-important financial strength rating from A.M. Best — a little over a month after opening its doors for business.
The company was set up by Ace and XL co-founder Robert Clements with $1 bi...
DATE: Feb 13, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index ended lower Monday as energy issues slid along with oil prices and investors shrugged off a boost in merger activity, including a multibillion-dollar offer for Novelis by India’s top alumini...
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Record full-year operating income of $442.8 million has been reported by Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. (AWAC), which has also posted 2006 fourth quarter operating income of $133.6 million.
A relatively benign year for hurricanes and ot...
DATE: Feb 13, 2007
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Ratings agency Fitch has affirmed the financial strength ratings of Bermuda reinsurer Max Re Ltd. at A and has removed a rating watch negative. Fitch said Max Re’s franchise, reputation, competitive and financial position was not adversely impacted a...
DATE: Feb 13, 2007
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) — The world’s top diamond producer De Beers and the South African government will form a new black-controlled diamond mining company, they said on Friday.The new company, which might later be listed on the Johannesburg stock excha...
DATE: Feb 12, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street has been running short on inspiration lately and will look to a stream of economic data in the coming week for clues on whether stocks can push beyond the range in which they have been mired in recent weeks.The reports inc...
DATE: Feb 12, 2007
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Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess has reluctantly scrapped plans to create a register for land trusts after experts told him the move would cause serious damage to the Island’s trust business.
The scheme was to have been a major part of...
DATE: Feb 12, 2007
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ESSEN, Germany (Reuters) — Finance ministers and central bankers from the G7 industrial nations sounded an upbeat note on world economic prospects on Saturday, saying growth had become more balanced and could be around 5 percent this year.The Group o...
DATE: Feb 12, 2007
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