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FRANKFURT (Bloomberg) — European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet signalled the bank is ready to raise interest rates next month after leaving borrowing costs unchanged yesterday.ECB policy makers, who have raised the benchmark rate six tim...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — When Maine’s first Whole Foods Market opens next week, it’ll have something no other Whole Foods store has: live lobsters.The Austin, Texas-based natural foods grocery chain announced last June it would stop selling live lobste...
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Luxury hotel group Jumeirah’s chief executive officer Gerald Lawless has given further insight into why Bermuda has been chosen as the ideal base for the Dubai-based company to create a noticeable presence in the Americas.
Although Jumeirah already r...
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Bermuda insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. last night reported an 11 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings — but its full-year earnings were 15 percent down on the previous year.
Net income for the last three months of last year was $42.4 million, o...
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Appleby Hunter Bailhache partner Alex Erskine is to relocate to the British Virgin Islands to play a leading role in the firm's expansion of its office in the Caribbean territory.
Mr. Erskine will be the office managing partner for the Appleby Group'...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Aon Corp., the world?s second-largest insurance broker, reported unchanged fourth-quarter profit and said it discovered ?incorrect measurement dates? for certain stock options granted in 2000 and earlier.
Net income was $224 mi...
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Luxury hotel group Jumeirah's chief executive officer Gerald Lawless has given further insight into why Bermuda has been chosen as the ideal base for the Dubai-based company to create a noticeable presence in the Americas.
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Index climbed on the back of rising Butterfield Bank shares yesterday.
Butterfield gained 50 cents (0.9 percent) to close at $58, as 3,093 shares sold.
There was heavy trading in shares of MediaHouse L...
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Bermuda company Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. fourth-quarter profits nearly tripled, as the company announced record full-year earnings of $378.1 million last night.
Net income was $119.5 million for the last three months of 2006, or $1.20 per share....
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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index set a record high close yesterday on a rebound in materials and energy issues, off-setting disappointing results from Loblaw Cos. Ltd.The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 42.05 points, or 0...
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