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Argus Financial Limited (AFL) last week introduced the first of a series of private seminars for existing and potential high net worth clients at the National Gallery.
AFL is a joint venture between the Argus Group and Cidel Financial Group and is ba...
DATE: Nov 06, 2006
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(Bloomberg) Berkshire Hathaway Inc., run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said third-quarter profit more than quadrupled on gains in its insurance units.
Net income climbed to $2.77 billion, or $1,797 a share, from $586 million, or $381, a ye...
DATE: Nov 06, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? When Penn National Gaming Inc. couldn?t get enough property insurance after Hurricane Katrina wrecked two of its Mississippi casinos, the company turned to Warren Buffett?s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and wound up with quadruple th...
DATE: Nov 06, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — How about this for whacky financial markets at work? The bears could be behind the current stock-price bull run.Of course, the drop in oil prices, tame inflation data and solid earnings growth have helped stocks plow ahead. But some o...
DATE: Nov 06, 2006
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(Bloomberg) Berkshire Hathaway Inc., run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said third-quarter profit more than quadrupled on gains in its insurance units.Net income climbed to $2.77 billion, or $1,797 a share, from $586 million, or $381, a yea...
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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index soared yesterday as energy issues led a broad rally that helped negate more of the losses that followed Ottawa’s surprise decision this week to start taxing income trusts.The S&P/TSX composi...
DATE: Nov 04, 2006
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The quiz in this space a couple of weeks ago brought two responses, which may have had something to do with it being nonsense. Although — Martha Myron, our resident actual genius, only received one more entry for her real quiz.
By an odd coincidence,...
DATE: Nov 04, 2006
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Is the plunge in gasoline prices over?US motorists may find slightly cheaper fuel as winter approaches, but there is a good chance that pump prices, now averaging $2.22 a gallon nationwide, are close to a bottom for the year, analysts say.
After a 27...
DATE: Nov 04, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index fell 8.95 points yesterday to close at 3,882.34.
On a light day of trading on the Exchange, Bermuda Aviation Services gained 35 cents to close at $6.60 as investors traded in 7,600 shares.
Bermuda Commer...
DATE: Nov 04, 2006
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The Primary Family Homestead Certificate (PFH) is designed to mitigate Stamp Duty on the Bermudian primary family residence at death for Bermudians. This is a wonderful gift, but it does not solve all estate planning issues, particularly with respect...
DATE: Nov 04, 2006
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