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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 closed the week with their seventh gain in eight sessions in a turnaround period for stocks that has seen investors' worst fears about the economy start to dissipate.
But the gains were made on the lightest tr...
DATE: Sep 11, 2010
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Q. I'm uncertain about the energy business and concerned about my shares of Schlumberger Ltd. Please give your opinion. - VK, via the Internet
A. The world's largest oilfield-services company, with more than 100,000 employees in 80 countries, is coun...
DATE: Sep 11, 2010
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Just the thought of it, brought the reality right to our home. The couple gathering extreme courage together, holding hands as they leapt from the hundred-story building, leaving their workplace, their families, and their lives anonymously linked for...
DATE: Sep 11, 2010
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Butterfield Bank dropped 9.09 percent (15 cents) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 33,400 shares to close at $1.50.
The Index, as a whole, slipped 71.77 points (5.36 percent) to 1,267.26, with 33,400 shares worth BD$50,52...
DATE: Sep 11, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended higher for the first time in four sessions yesterday, supported by strength in oil prices following a shutdown of a major pipeline supplying Canadian oil to the US.
US crude rose more than two perc...
DATE: Sep 11, 2010
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BF&M Ltd. boosted its net earnings by more than $2 million during the first half of 2010 driven by improved investment performance.
This was despite the insurer's underwriting activities being hit by higher health claims, resulting in a rare loss fro...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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Cloud computing and its application for Bermuda businesses will be the focus for an information session held by BCS, IBM's Bermuda agency, at Elbow Beach Hotel on Thursday, September 16.
The event, which will be held at the Paget Suite between 8.30 a...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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Bermuda residents are a step closer to having insurance coverage for their cash in the bank.
Financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority yesterday published a consultation paper on its plans for a deposit insurance scheme.
Aimed at protecting ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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A local developer has come up with an innovative way to build its latest project in the heart of Bermuda's insurance district and in turn boost the Island's construction industry and labour market.
West Hamilton Holdings Ltd. (WHHL) completed work on...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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Bermuda's position as the top domicile for new reinsurance start-ups and companies moving jurisdiction is being seriously threatened by Europe.
That is according to Standard & Poor's Corp., who said in a report released on Wednesday that despite the ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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