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Bermuda insurance giant XL Capital last night posted "strong" results with profits more than doubling for the first quarter of 2003 compared to the same period a year earlier due to the continuing hard insurance markets.
But the company's president a...
DATE: Apr 29, 2003
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Bermuda's ambassador for Switzerland Bruno Spinner is hoping his trip to the Island this week will turn out to be beneficial in more ways than one.
For while the UK-based diplomat is in Bermuda meeting with his honorary consul Leo Betschart, he is al...
DATE: Apr 28, 2003
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As an update to the column I wrote about Bermuda not being a tax haven, I thought it would be interesting to note that Stanley Works recently announced that it was going to eliminate 1000 jobs and close four plants and five warehouses to cut costs. T...
DATE: Apr 28, 2003
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index slipped 3.33 points yesterday to close at 2,322.57 on two shares changing hands.
The Bank of Butterfield closed at unchanged at $33.25 on a volume of 23,089 shares and the Bermuda Commercial Bank closing...
DATE: Apr 26, 2003
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It is 4.45 am. The baby daughter emits a few squalls; time to get up for the first baby meal of the day. In her haste, she stumbles, the sooner to quell the noise. No need to wake up child number one yet, oh, he of boundless energy. Wet diapers chang...
DATE: Apr 26, 2003
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Bermuda-based AlphaStar Insurance Group Limited is perilously close to being delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange for failing to file its annual report for 2002 on time.
The company has received a notice of delisting from NASDAQ and unless it requ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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It's what we all dream about: taking a break from the rat race in our mid-30s, selling up the business and setting off on our travels.
Peter Aldrich, of Fast Forward Freight, has decided it's time to take his nose off the grindstone and announced yes...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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Bermuda-based ACE Limited yesterday experienced the knock-on effects of the financial deterioration of other reinsurers in the industry.
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the rating of ACE Limited's debt and the financial strength rating of one of its sub...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved reading. She loved books and even had a summer job at the Bookmart (part of the Phoenix Group), but a big bad wolf told her she should go and get a real job, so she gave it up to work in a hotel and then a...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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KFC (Bermuda) Ltd.'s performance improved dramatically in the second half of its financial year, as sales jumped by $117,430, the company announced yesterday.
The second half performance offset a poor performance in the first six months of the year, ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2003
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