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HONG KONG (Dow Jones) - Bermuda-registered Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (H.JDM), the Singapore- and London-listed holding company for Hong Kong's oldest trading house, is set to see a ten percent rise in 2002 earnings, as an improvement in hotel an...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Bermuda insurers ACE and XL Capital are in the hunt for pieces of General Electric's insurance business, according to the New York Post.
US industrial giant GE is in talks with possible buyers about its financial guarantor unit and its life reinsuran...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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While the threat of war in the Persian Gulf has held the equity market hostage, it would be incorrect to assume a resolution of this crisis would have any meaningful and lasting effect on the US equity market. Much has already been written about the ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Calpers, the $133 billion pension fund, on Friday urged the top 100 shareholders of Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd. to vote against keeping the conglomerate's corporate address in Bermuda.
In a letter to Tyco'...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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The Property Insurance Industry is showing signs of softening, but is it ready for it yet?
The first signs of the insurance market softening are starting to appear as the property market finds insureds are not willing to pay large premiums for terror...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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A Virginia auctioneer who last month attempted to hold an auction at the Elbow Beach hotel, but had to leave the Island for an alleged immigration violation, has been subject to legal action in the US for deceptive business practices at auctions.
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DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange index closed slightly down for last week in moderate trading.
The index fell a barely perceptible 0.017 points on a volume of 30,811 shares worth $739,319.20.
The week's big movers were KeyTech Ltd which fell ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a market where investors have no appetite for risk, just one company is willing to bet it can successfully debut its stock.
Bermuda-based property and casualty insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. hopes to sell as much as...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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Bermuda was in the headlines of The Salt Lake Tribune last week.
The subject of Bermuda as a so-called "offshore tax haven" reared its head in Utah because the governor there, Mike Leavitt, is lobbying for businesses to base themselves in his state. ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2003
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Talking or writing about women's financial issues often provokes comments, or makes people, specifically the opposite sex, a tad uncomfortable.
Remarks such as "this sounds like male bashing", or "isn't this a little discriminatory? " often surface. ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2003
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