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Finance Minister Paula Cox travelled to Washington D.C. last week to sign a tax information exchange agreement with the Australian government.
The agreement followed a commitment Bermuda made with the OECD in 2000 to promote global tax cooperation.
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DATE: Nov 15, 2005
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NEW YORK(Reuters) ? American International Group said third-quarter earnings fell from a year earlier because of $1.57 billion in losses from hurricanes and other catastrophes.
Profit for the world?s largest insurer by market value was $1.7 billion, ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2005
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Consumers paid 2.8 percent more for a basket of goods and services in September than they did a year ago due largely to surging prices at the pumps. The rate of inflation of 2.8 percent in September declined slightly from 2.9 percent in August with t...
DATE: Nov 15, 2005
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White Mountains, a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance group, was on Friday given a seal of approval by ratings firm Standard & Poor?s ? although some worries linger over the group?s reliance on a reinsurance contract and reserves for expected cl...
DATE: Nov 14, 2005
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Mrs. T?s Victorian Tea Room has re-opened for business and customers can now enjoy a relaxing cup of tea and experience old fashioned Bermudian hospitality.
Mrs. T?s Victorian Tea Room is located at the Willowbank Resort in Somerset.
?The original Te...
DATE: Nov 14, 2005
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Long distance competition in the cellular market is heating up with TeleBermuda International Limited launching the Infinity flat rate plan for cellular long-distance calls to compete with a similar plan introduced by Logic Communications in the midd...
DATE: Nov 14, 2005
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Olympus Re, a Bermuda property-catastrophe reinsurer, was hit by at least $457.2 million in third-quarter losses from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, its largest customer said in a regulatory filing.
White Mountains, which is also a Bermuda-based insura...
DATE: Nov 14, 2005
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wo economic events marked the past week for me. They were outwardly unrelated, but when considered together, they raised any number of financial issues.
First, I had dinner at Rustico?s in Flatts, a simple meal, at a cost of $40. Then I sold a fax ma...
DATE: Nov 12, 2005
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It?s getting close to the end of the year. A time for celebration and reflection, a time to think about progress made toward specific goals. In other words, it?s time to review your finances.
With the day of remembrance, yesterday, November 11, it br...
DATE: Nov 12, 2005
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index gained 5.35 points on Thursday to close at 3,833.64.
On a relatively quiet pre-holiday day of trading, Butterfield Bank gained 10 cents to close $45.60 on volume of 301 shares and Belco Holdings edged up...
DATE: Nov 12, 2005
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