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Ignition Bermuda Ltd. has sealed a deal to acquire Fireminds Ltd. to form one of the Island's top IT services and business continuity services groups for the offshore market, The Royal Gazette can exclusively reveal.
The Group will now comprise 83 st...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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Butterfield Bank's rights to buy shares for $1.21 rose 16.66 percent (one cent) to seven cents on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 4,083,193 rights during the day.
Elsewhere, KeyTech Ltd. dropped 10.25 percent (80 cents) to...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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Rosy reports: Home sales jump, jobless claims fall
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' WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy is improving, with home sales up, jobless claims down and inflation tame. Yet there are concerns the econ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rebounded from a steep early drop to finish higher yesterday, rising for the fourth straight session as investors brushed off early worries about debt-stricken Greece and drew confidence from strong US e...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Britain posted its largest annual budget deficit since the Second World War yesterday as campaigning for a tight national election intensified.
The 2009/10 borrowing figures were slightly better than forecast by the government, but stil...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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Bermuda's insurers are not expected to be impacted by any big insurance claims resulting from the major disruption to European air travel caused by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, according to industry experts.
Dr.Robert Hartwig, president of the I...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greece's budget gap last year was worse than feared, the European Union's statistics office revealed yesterday, as Moody's Investors Service downgraded its rating of Greek government debt.
The news triggered a fresh slide ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top shares fell to a one-month closing low after news that Greece's deficit widened more than expected hit investor sentiment, sending commodity and bank stocks into reverse.
The FTSE 100 closed 58.1 points lower, or one percent, a...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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REDMOND (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said yesterday that its net income in the most recent quarter rose 35 percent, helped by strong sales of Windows 7.
Microsoft is the latest company to benefit from what seems to be a rebound in business spending on tech...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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McLEAN, Virginia (AP) - Rates on 30-year mortgages did not budge from last week and remained above five percent, Freddie Mac said yesterday.
The average rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages was 5.07 this week, the same as the previous week. A year a...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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