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NEW YORK (AP) — A day after filing a lawsuit, casino mogul Steve Wynn said on Friday that Lloyd’s of London has made an offer to settle his $54 million claim of lost value for a Picasso after Wynn accidentally poked a hole in the canvas with his elbo...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Continental Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. raised round-trip fares by as much as $10, matching increases made by UAL Corp.’s United Airlines and other large US carriers in this year’s first general fare boost.Contine...
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CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela and Iran strengthened their growing ties over the weekend with a stream of anti-US statements, various commercial agreements and a pledge to push for a cut in world oil supplies to counter plunging prices.Venezuelan Pres...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. said the loss of 2007 underwriting revenue resulting from its acquisition of Wellington Underwriting Plc was ?significantly lower? than expected.
?We have been very encouraged during our important ...
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OSLO (Reuters) — Bermuda-based oilfield services firm Seadrill has agreed to sell its West Prospero rig to shipowner Ship Finance International for $210 million and to lease it back for 15 years.“Seadrill has under the arrangement several options to ...
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Continental, the fourth-largest US carrier, changed its fares yesterday, spokeswoman Mary Clark said. US Airways matched prices with United, AMR Corp.?s American Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., although not in every marke...
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The news that Bermuda has the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in the world should be seen as another danger sign of an overheating economy.
That is the view of economist and United Bermuda Party Senator E.T. (Bob) Richards, who said t...
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As a new US Congress convened this past week, the focus was on the Democrats. It's the first change in power since the 1994 Republican revolution, and there are captivating new powerbrokers, led by the much celebrated first woman speaker of the House...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Defying the national housing slump, property values in New York City rose 19 percent last year, double the gain in 2005, according to the city's finance department.The biggest increases were in the Bronx and Brooklyn, where property v...
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) — Bermuda company CastlePoint Holdings Ltd., which provides products to insurance companies, has filed for an initial public offering.The company didn’t disclose how many shares will be offered, nor did it provide an estimat...
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