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BEIJING (Reuters) — China’s trade surplus last year jumped 74 percent to a record $177.47 billion on the back of a 27.2 percent surge in exports, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday.Economists said the figures would increase political pres...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The insurance industry is watching the evolving scandal over the backdating of stock-option grants but believes it has the wherewithal to deal with investor lawsuits or other legal fallout, a property-casualty insurance conference was...
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Index rose more than 11 points yesterday, on the back of three local companies' rising share prices.
Argus Group Holdings Ltd. gained 50 cents (3.6 percent) to close the day at at $14.50. Meanwhile Bermu...
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TORTONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks extended a slump, led lower by Suncor Energy Inc. and other energy producers, on concern that demand will weaken for oil, as prices dropped to 19 month-low and fuel stockpiles grew in the US.Raw-materials compan...
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Catastrophe modelling specialists Risk Management Solutions (RMS) hit back again yesterday at accusations that their computerised predictions for likely hurricane damage scenarios were flawed.
The Tampa Tribune on Sunday published a story suggesting ...
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The former Bermuda Government quantity surveyor is behind an online business that is exporting home appliances, doors and windows from the US solely to clients on the Island.
John Cooper, an Englishman who lived and worked in Bermuda for around 15 ye...
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GULFPORT, Mississippi (AP) — A federal judge yesterday ordered into mediation dozens of lawsuits that policyholders filed against insurance companies after Hurricane Katrina, even as a jury prepares to decide another case on trial this week in the sa...
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This letter was sent to the Tampa Tribune and copied to The Royal Gazette:
January 9, 2007
Dear Editor,I am writing in response to the article “Insurance Risk Forecast Called Flawed,” which appeared in the Sunday, January 7 issue of the Tampa Tribune...
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Hiscox Bermuda — the former Lloyd’s of London company which redomiciled on the Island last year — has received an affirmation of its A- “excellent” financial strength rating from A.M Best.
The ratings agency says Hiscox is likely to maintain excellen...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Britain’s goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widened more than expected in November and the gap with countries outside the European Union hit a record high, official data showed yesterday.Sterling fell against the dolla...
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