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Industrial conglomerate Nabors Industries Ltd., a Bermuda company, said yesterday it was closing up its Houston office, and postponed an analyst meeting for next Wednesday, as it braces for the potential impact from Hurricane Rita. The company, which...
DATE: Sep 22, 2005
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Consumers will see insurance policy prices rise in the next year as a result of Hurricane Katrina, according to domestic insurance market executives.
Insurers that sell home, boat and health policies locally are bracing to pay higher reinsurance cost...
DATE: Sep 22, 2005
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Bermuda-incorporated mutual fund MDL Active Duration Fund and its Bermuda directors have asked a US federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro to recover a $215 million investment by the Ohio Bureau of Workers? Compen...
DATE: Sep 22, 2005
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Businessman Harold Darrell's long-awaited human rights hearing got off to a false start yesterday, after it was adjourned by Human Rights Tribunal chairman Paul King to allow Mr. Darrell time to produce a list of witnesses.
Mr. Darrell has been fight...
DATE: Sep 22, 2005
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Concern about an upside to inflation risk has increased in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But, the economic impact of the storm has merely exacerbated untoward trends in inflationary pressures that were already in place. A few months ago, leadin...
DATE: Sep 22, 2005
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Hedge funds looking to hire new talent face an aggressive market today with experienced candidates aware of the opportunities available to them as well as the realities of supply and demand. In such an environment, panellists at the MARhedge fund for...
DATE: Sep 22, 2005
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index yesterday rose 24.42 points or 0.67 percent yesterday as Butterfield Bank shares closed at an all-time high.
Butterfield, the only issue to change price, rose 50 cents to close at $44.50 on volume of 1,3...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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Bermuda continues to lose out to the Cayman Islands as a hedge fund domicile, industry insiders at a two-day conference on the Island heard yesterday.
Some 600 high net-worth investors and fund managers, as well as fund administrators who provide sup...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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Teachers, get those computers working!
A new UK research project looks at and overcomes the reasons behind the poor use of computers in schools.
The report found that many teachers lack the confidence to take the risk of using technology in their sub...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Julian Robertson, who once ran the world?s biggest hedge fund, put $25 million in a fund that targets insurance companies, now facing record losses from Hurricane Katrina.
Robertson, who made his name picking stocks considered ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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