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DATE: Jan 25, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street bounded higher yesterday, lifting the Nasdaq composite index well over one percent after profit reports from Yahoo Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. restored investors’ confidence in the tech sector. The Dow Jones industrials...
DATE: Jan 25, 2007
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Trading of shares valued at $846,982.35 sent the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange higher by 27.84 (0.57 percent) with Butterfield Bank rising 50 cents (0.9 percent) after 5,950 shares changed hands during the day to push shares in the bank to a...
DATE: Jan 25, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose to the highest this year as financial companies including Toronto-Dominion Bank advanced on speculation they will offer better returns than the commodity producers that paced gains in the market in 2006.
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DATE: Jan 25, 2007
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Eighty-two new reinsurance and insurance companies incorporated in Bermuda last year — 10 percent up on 2005 — as the Island stayed ahead of rival domiciles.
Financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) said yesterday that the majority of...
DATE: Jan 25, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rebounded Tuesday, rising moderately as crude oil surged more than $2 a barrel and triggered a rally among energy producers. Investors regained their optimism about corporate profits after a series of positive earnings rep...
DATE: Jan 24, 2007
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A new restaurant has opened for business in the heart of the Hamilton’s financial and international business neighbourhood.
It is the realisation of a seven-year dream for co-owners Mark Turner and Ross Webber to run their own eatery. The pair have f...
DATE: Jan 24, 2007
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Bermuda reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd. yesterday announced a slight fall in January 1 renewal premiums this year.
And the company’s president and chief executive officer Patrick Thiele said a significant factor in the drop was that cedants were retaining m...
DATE: Jan 24, 2007
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Net earnings of more than $3 million in the first nine months of 2006 have given an added glow to Bermuda Container Line Ltd., operators of the Oleander container ship.
The 30 percent jump in net earnings over the same period the previous year is the...
DATE: Jan 24, 2007
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We’re not stupid, just befuddled by new technology — which is understandable given that this is not just the information age, but the age of information overload.Or is it the age of “time famine” as commentators are fond of stating. Whatever the age,...
DATE: Jan 24, 2007
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