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Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd. (BPH) yesterday reported a profit of $63,000 for the year through September 2009 — a 96 percent fall from the prior year's earnings of $1.78 million.
The owner of The Royal Gazette and a portfolio of other local business...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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BRUSSELS (AP) - European countries' pledge to help Greece with loans received a lukewarm welcome from markets yesterday as investors remained worried that the form and timing of the aid remains unclear.
Stock markets rose but the euro traded in a nar...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's plan for the biggest Wall Street regulatory overhaul since the 1930s drops provisions he sought in November and dilutes others as he seeks bipartisan support.
The measure s...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Close to a dozen people from XL, including chief executive officer Mike McGavick, chief executive of Reinsurance Operations Jamie Veghte, and XL Insurance head of claims operations for Bermuda and Latin America Chris Johnson, are planning to go bald ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended at its highest point since September 2008 yesterday, aided by stronger commodity prices and a renewed pledge by the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates very low for an extended period.
The in...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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BEIJING (AP) - China without Google - a prospect that looks increasingly likely - could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling web outfits would face less press...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - A former senior trader at Merrill Lynch in London has been banned for at least five years for deliberately overvaluing his trading positions to hide his losses, forcing the US bank to make a $456 million writedown.
The Financial Se...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Federal Reserve's mildly upbeat take on the economy and its plans to hold interest rates low gave stocks a lift.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose almost 44 points yesterday for its sixth straight gain. Broader indexes also po...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too.
US law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communi...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. fell 8.28 percent (70 cents) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The insurer traded 100 shares to close at $7.75.
Butterfield bank also endured a busy day, seeing 63,000 common shares and 100 preference shares cha...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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