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SYDNEY/PERTH (Reuters) – Australia's mining sector kept the pressure on the government yesterday to scrap a proposed mining tax but signs emerged that a compromise, at least with some players like the coal-seam gas industry, may be near.
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DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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Ace Bermuda International yesterday announced new improvements to its personal assets protection for UK-based directors and officers.
The insurer, which made the announcemant at the AIRMIC Conference, will make enhancements to its CODA product , whic...
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Butterfield Bank and Argus Group Holdings Ltd. were the only traders on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 10,400 shares, but remained unchanged at $1.85, while Argus saw 3,000 shares change hands, however its share price hel...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose sharply yesterday after healthy demand at several euro zone debt auctions and a subsequent rally in commodity markets whetted investor appetite for riskier assets.
The index's financial sector shot ...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) – Tesco Plc, the UK's largest supermarket chain, said a lack of domestic revenue growth in the first quarter won't stop it meeting full-year forecasts.
Sales at UK stores open at least a year will still gain three percent, excludin...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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LONDON - A rally by banks, fuelled by demand in European bond auctions on easing debt concerns, helped Britain's top share index higher, with BSkyB up after an approach by News Corp. The FTSE 100 closed up 15.69 points or 0.3 percent at 5,217.82, the...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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Two insurance companies set up in Bermuda during May, bringing the total of new firms incorporated on the Island to 18 this year, according to the latest statistics from the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
M Global Services Ltd. and Reid Street Services ...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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Employers facing the dual challenge of the recession and the rising costs of healthcare will be able to take advantage of a new group health insurance plan launched by the Argus Group.
The Signal Plan, which costs about 10 percent less than standard ...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google Inc. thinks its increasingly bitter rival Apple Inc. is trying to muscle it out of the mobile advertising competition on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The latest dispute between the Silicon Valley powerhouses centres on...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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MADRID/BERLIN (Reuters) – European policymakers sought to squash talk of a euro zone rescue for Spain yesterday as the country saw its borrowing costs rise in a debt auction ahead of an EU summit to discuss steps to fix the currency bloc.
Germany's Z...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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