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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks rose yesterday and the euro strengthened, backed by upbeat corporate results, better-than-expected US housing data, and an improvement in European manufacturing and services activity.
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DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. said yesterday that its net income surged 48 percent in the most recent quarter, the latest sign that businesses are again spending money on technology.
Strong sales of Windows, particularly to Microsoft's corporate cus...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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ABOVE THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (AP) — Flying over the white cliffs of Dover, the two pilots of a Gulfstream 450 jet keep their eyes glued to a flight-deck display, ignoring the almost cloudless sky over the southern coast of England on their descent to a ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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Butterfield Bank was the only trader on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 10,041 shares, but its share price held firm at $1.40.
Overall, The Index, also remained unchanged at 1,216.81, with 10,041 shares worth $14,051.25 ch...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — SABMiller, the world's largest brewer, said yesterday that volumes of lager and soft drinks fell by one percent in the three months through June as gains in emerging markets were offset by drops in richer countries.
SABMiller's chief ex...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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Bermuda has a lot of catching up to do to match its offshore rival the Cayman Islands in the competition for catastrophe bond business.
Figures published by Cayman suggest the British Overseas Territory is the leading offshore jurisdiction for listed...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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More than 400 people are expected to attend the Business Bermuda's Annual College Student Networking Event at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess this evening.
This year's event is being hailed as a bigger and better version of the CSNE which is now in it...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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Digicel's new 3G+ Wireless Modem — which allows cell phone or laptop users (PCs or Macs) to access the Internet through mobile broadband from almost anywhere on the Island at fast speeds — is launched today.
To see if it lived up to the hype, I decid...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks fell sharply yesterday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed investors' fears that the economy has weakened. Interest rates dropped in the Treasury market as investors sought safer places for their money.
Bernan...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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No domestic board issuers traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The Royal Gazette / BSX Index closed unchanged at 1,261.81.
The BSX Insurance Index of the Island's leading international insurance companies fell yesterday by nine point...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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