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E-commerce Minister Renee Webb has launched the Information Age Forum as a way for Government and businesses to chart the way ahead for E-commerce.
The forum was put forward in the E-business Green Paper published last year and on Friday Ms Webb anno...
DATE: May 12, 2004
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Mutual fund professionals heard this week that stricter corporate governance regulations are being put in place in each of the major markets ? the US, Europe and UK.
But that may be where the similarities end, with each jurisdiction taking a differen...
DATE: May 12, 2004
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. yesterday announced earnings in the first quarter of $46.9 million.
The earnings report followed the company, which is the recently spin off of ACE Limited?s financial guaranty arm, having listed on the New York Stock Exchange a...
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Tighter corporate governance rules and greater disclosure by companies make socially responsible investing and shareholder activism easier, fund professionals said this week.
But the jury is out on how far funds should go and what methods might be us...
DATE: May 12, 2004
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The Bank of Butterfield lost 50 cents or 1.1 percent of its value on the Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday, driving the Royal Gazette/BSX Index down 20.57 points.
The Index closed at 3,180.38 after the Bank fell to $43 on volume of 5,600 shares.
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DATE: May 12, 2004
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People who want to become their own bosses can learn all about Government regulations, banking and telecommunications needs at a seminar this weekend.
The breakfast seminar being put on by the Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation this Satur...
DATE: May 12, 2004
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Bermuda Container Line's net income dropped six percent in the 2003 financial year as rising costs offset increases in cargo volumes.
But the company is enjoying record volume through the first part of this year as a spike in imports after Hurricane ...
DATE: May 12, 2004
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Leading ratings agency Standard & Poor's yesterday said it had grave concerns that commercial insurers still had not reserved adequately for future claims for liabilities from business written in the past ? even though companies have seen their botto...
DATE: May 11, 2004
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Bermuda-based Sea Containers Ltd., the passenger and freight transport operator, reported a net loss of $16.8 million after the weak US dollar compounded losses in the company's ferry unit.
The company, which also leases containers, made a loss durin...
DATE: May 11, 2004
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The rate of inflation for March remained at 3.1 percent, according to figures released by Government yesterday.
According to a release on the Consumer Price Index from the Statistics Department, the high levels of inflation were blamed partly on incr...
DATE: May 11, 2004
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