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The Bermuda Government yesterday raised $500 million in a public bond offering that was six times oversubscribed.
Government will pay a fixed interest rate of 5.6 percent on the 10-year bonds, or a total of $28 million a year.
Originally, the intenti...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US trade deficit widened unexpectedly in May, prompting analysts to ratchet back estimates for second quarter economic growth despite signs of increased demand both at home and abroad.
The trade gap grew to $42.3 billion, t...
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This is a glum week for most football fans. After a month of absorbing competition, the World Cup is finally over. And four years is an awfully long wait for more.
Yet, for employers almost everywhere, Sunday's final whistle was reason enough to chee...
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WASHINGTON (AP) – It's all so familiar. A technological disaster, then a presidential commission examining what went wrong. And ultimately a discovery that while technology marches on, concern for safety lags. Technology isn't as foolproof as it seem...
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LONDON (AP) – Demonstrators have poured sticky black liquid around a statue in the British Museum to protest its sponsorship by BP Plc.
The museum says the liquid was molasses and no damage was done to the 3,000-year-old carving of a human head and t...
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BERLIN (Bloomberg) – European banks that fail stress tests will "in the worst case" need government aid to strengthen their balance sheets, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.
"The goal is to make it clear that European banks are stable ...
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PartnerRe has announced the conclusion of a voluntary severance plan for Paris-based employees following last year's acquisition of French reinsurer Paris Re.
PartnerRe has now completed the integration of Paris Re employees into the company's new op...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto stocks rallied yesterday as heavyweight resource issues, supported by firm commodity prices and renewed optimism over the global economic recovery, helped the main index touch a two-week high.
US earnings season got under ...
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SAN BRUNO, California (AP) – YouTube is trying to become as brainless and painless to watch as a real television. In the process, the web's leading video site hopes to learn enough about its viewers to replace their remote control.
Those ambitions ca...
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LONDON - Britain's top shares climbed higher for the sixth consecutive session, led by banks and commodities as hopes for a strong earnings season in the US spurred sentiment.
The FTSE 100 closed 104 points, or two percent higher at 5,271.02, hitting...
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