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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. bounced back from a net loss of $55.2 million to report a profit of $211.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 as a result of fewer catastrophe losses and solid investment returns.
For the full year 2009, RenRe achieved...
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TOKYO/WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said it would call in nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems, the third recall in a spiralling safety crisis at the world's biggest carmaker.
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Former US Congressman and NBC and MSNBC television news analyst Harold Ford Jr. has been unveiled as the keynote speaker at the Bermuda International Business Association's (BIBA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month.
The AGM will be held at the F...
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XINYANG, China (Reuters) - Fan Wenbao swears he is not in the business of speculating on property. Already the owner of one home in Xinyang, a grimy city in the poor central province of Henan, he bought two more there last year.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rallied yesterday as commodity prices got a lift from a weak US dollar and investors sought riskier assets on speculation that a rescue plan was in the works for Greece's debt problems.
Barrick Gold Corp...
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ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS clients withdrew money at twice the expected rate in the fourth quarter, eclipsing the bank's first net profit since Oswald Gruebel took the helm a year ago and raising concern he will struggle to steady the ship.
Gruebel, the ...
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) endured another quiet day, opening and closing at 2,052.9 yesterday.
The Index traded 17,902 shares worth $116,131.70 during the day.
Butterfield Bank traded 13,102 common shares, while BF&M Ltd. saw 4,800 shares chan...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the bailed-out insurer that returned to profit in the fourth quarter, said the economic slump is weighing on policy sales as customers scale back on coverage.
"The recession continues to ...
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Age: 40
Role: Plant manager, Bermuda CableVision
What is your job? Plant manager of Bermuda Cablevision. In this capacity, I am responsible for overseeing 300-plus miles of fibre-coaxial plant, and the supporting team of installers, service techs, ma...
DATE: Feb 09, 2010
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US-based Evolution Solar Corp. has announced the setting up of a new subsidiary in Bermuda to focus on the Island's solar power market.
The solar energy and photovoltaic technology company is looking to take advantage of any opportunities that will b...
DATE: Feb 09, 2010
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