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PartnerRe Ltd. expects to take a hit of up to $70 million as a result of last week's explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Bermuda-based reinsurer said that while the ultimate insured loss for the event was u...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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Bermuda-based broker and investment firm LOM (Holdings) Ltd. announced yesterday that it made a loss of almost $440,000 in 2009 after a recovery in the second half of the year.
In a letter to shareholders, LOM chief executive officer Scott Lines said...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose, buoyed by consensus beating results from UK corporates and as anxiety over the euro zone's debt crisis eased, though BP sank as a major oil spill worsens.
The FTSE 100 closed up 31.23 points, or 0.5 percent, a...
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(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, is demanding patent royalties from makers of mobile phones that use Google Inc.'s Android operating system.
HTC Corp., which makes Google's Nexus One mobile phone, has agreed to pay u...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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Improved communication and business writing skills will be the focus for a series of workshops held by Performance Solutions Ltd. over the coming weeks.
The first class, entitled 'Writing for High-Speed Readers', which aims to help participants produ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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A change is needed in the way golf is marketed and sold in Bermuda in order to maintain its competitive edge and remain profitable.
Those were the findings of a survey conducted by KPMG, which revealed that almost 90 percent of golf courses in Bermud...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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WASHINGTON — New cars and trucks would be required to carry black boxes to record crash information and automakers would pay fees to help fund the government's auto safety agency under a series of proposals in Congress in response to Toyota's massive...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The Securities and Exchange Commission questioned American International Group Inc. about whether the bailed-out insurer's former general counsel deemed the stock worthless when negotiating executives' compensation.
The SEC wro...
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The Bermuda-based private-equity services operations of Schroders have been acquired by the global custody and fund services arm of US banking giant JP Morgan.
Around 50 people work at Schroders' Bermuda office, based in Schroders House, on Front Str...
DATE: Apr 30, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended higher yesterday, recouping some of the losses of the previous two sessions, as fears over euro zone sovereign debt ebbed and healthy corporate earnings boosted optimism.
Investors were willing to ...
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