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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Refco Capital Markets Ltd., a unit of bankrupt Refco Inc., won court approval to repay $96 million to JPMorgan Chase & Co. to settle an outstanding loan.US Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in New York authorised the ...
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With the year coming to a close, we’ll start hearing predictions about how business will look in 2007. The hardest thing for these crystal-ball gazers to see is who will succeed or fail in the corner office.
Think about last year’s predictions. Pfize...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks declined for a third day after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady and said inflation is still a threat to the economy.US central bankers also said the us economy is likely to expand moderately. The...
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?Fear? HTML?? asks Igor Stromajer, who has created an art form out of chanting Internet source script off existing pages on the network. In collaboration with other artists, Stromajer will sing HTML and Java script here in France at one of Montpellie...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve kept the benchmark US interest rate at 5.25 percent and said inflation remains a risk while noting a “substantial cooling” in the housing market.“Some inflation risks remain,” the Federal Open Market Commi...
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A Bermuda Stock Exchange-listed company has become embroiled in a lawsuit in Florida concerning the fate of a Bahamas film studio where the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies series was shot.
Ashby Corporation Ltd., which has been liste...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Britain’s government yesterday detailed its proposals to avert a pension timebomb by setting up a national saving system that will cover up to 10 million citizens.A key reform element of the most radical shakeup to British pensions...
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PARIS (Bloomberg) Remy Cointreau SA, Europe’s fifth- largest liquor producer, said first-half profit increased 77 percent as it sold more cognac and champagne.
The shares rose to the highest in more than 16 years after Dominique Heriard-Dubreuil, Re...
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Arch Capital Group Ltd. and its operating subsidiaries yesterday received a ratings upgrade from a second ratings agency as Bermuda reinsurers continue to reap the benefits of the benign 2006 hurricane season.
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial...
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Hiscox's move of domicile to Bermuda from London has been completed, Business Insurance reported yesterday.
Hiscox has formally delisted the shares of Hiscox Plc on the London Stock Exchange, and shares of Hiscox Ltd. are now being traded.
The High C...
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