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VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Backing Canada's leading renewable energy companies wasn't just a feel-good venture this past year. It made investors rich as shares of big producers enjoyed market-beating returns.
But the rally — driven by a combination of yie...
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15: Bermuda Commercial Bank has bounced back to an annual profit and will pay its first dividend in two years.
BCB posted net profit of $1.18 million for the year ended September 30, rebounding from a loss of $0.38 million last year....
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro edged up on Friday but still had its worst week against the dollar since August, and traders said lingering uncertainty about Ireland's public finances should keep it under pressure next week.
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YOKOHAMA (Bloomberg) - Leaders of the world's biggest economies ended four days of talks without taking decisive measures to address the global imbalances that have fuelled asset bubbles and risk leading to a protectionist backlash.
Asia-Pacific lead...
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Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. expects its book of re/insurance business to increase by nearly a quarter this year.
The Bermuda-based company said in its interim management statement, released on Friday, that it expects to 2010 gross premiums writte...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - Retail sales probably rose in October for a fourth month and factory production rebounded, adding to evidence the US recovery picked up at the start of the fourth quarter, economists said before reports this week.
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Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. said it wrote nine percent more re/insurance business through the first nine months of this year.
Catlin's Bermuda underwriting platform made a significantly increased contribution, as its gross premiums written climbe...
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TeleBermuda International Ltd. (TBI) has launched Global Home Base, a service that will allow customers to store all their digital files within a personal digital vault in the company's data centre in St David's.
The company said the service focuses ...
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Ironshore will cap a year of strong growth by moving into a new Front Street headquarters next month.
The insurer expects to write around $1.1 billion in premium this year — an increase of more than 40 percent from 2009. This after last year, when pr...
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Insurance companies were the biggest movers and shakers on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) last week.
Argus Group Holdings Ltd. fell 9.4 percent (59 cents) to $5.71, with 4,040 shares traded, while BF&M Ltd. also dropped 1.9 percent (25 cents) to $1...
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