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Human resources managers often have a difficult time showing just how their work financially benefits their businesses.
Now a workshop being put on by the Bermuda Employers Council (BEC) today will do just that.
The workshop on measuring human resour...
DATE: Mar 03, 2010
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Butterfield Bank last announced a net loss for 2009 of $213.4 million, driven by writedowns of mortgage-backed securities and commercial loan loss provisions.
And the bank warned it was likely to take another loss of between $150 million and $175 mil...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. and US regulators faced more questions from Congress on Tuesday over the giant Japanese car company's troubled safety record. "We know something has gone terribly wrong," Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Roc...
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International companies may outsource more jobs overseas as a result of the payroll tax increase, the Association of Bermuda International Companies warned yesterday.
ABIC said the increase in payroll tax from 14 to 16 percent of salaries will make c...
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Video games are good. Video games are bad. Two separate studies show how video games can influence your children in vastly different ways.
First the bad. Despite claims to the opposite by the industry, an Iowa State University study claims to have pr...
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DETROIT (AP) — Toyota's recalls and East Coast snowstorms weighed down US auto sales in February, but automakers remained optimistic that a recovery is under way.
General Motors Co.'s February sales rose 11.5 percent thanks to new models and pent-up ...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock market index closed higher yesterday as commodity prices rallied and impressive quarterly results from Bank of Montreal lifted the index's heavily weighted financial sector.
The strong performance for Canada's...
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LONDON - Britain's top share index hit a six-week closing high and rose for a third straight session, led by banks with HSBC firmer after the previous session's post results sell-off. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,484.06 points, up 78.12 or 1.45 percent.
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the bailed-out insurer, may be allowed by the US paymaster to boost salaries for some of its highest-compensated executives, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Among AIG's 25 top-pa...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market had its third straight winning day on signs that companies are becoming more optimistic about the economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average edged up two points yesterday but closed off its best levels. The Dow had man...
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