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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Sales of UK commercial property doubled in the fourth quarter of last year as funds started purchasing buildings after a two-year hiatus.
Investors acquired 458 buildings for £9.65 billion ($15.6 billion), up from 221 properties ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and Republicans alike pummelled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner yesterday over his role in the $180 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG Inc., venting public anger over Wall Street's return to prosperity while 10 per...
DATE: Jan 28, 2010
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Bermuda-based Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. said yesterday it will sell 600,000 shares in addition to its previously announced offering of four million shares.
The oil tanker operator said the underwriters of the share offering had exercised i...
DATE: Jan 28, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index hit a five-week closing low, led down by energy stocks and banks ahead of the conclusion of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting.
The FTSE 100 closed down 59.38 points, or 1.1 percent, at 5,217.47 - its lowest close ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2010
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Standard and Poor's yesterday threatened to cut Japan's credit rating unless it produced a credible plan to rein in its soaring debt and lift growth in an economy plagued by persistent deflation.
The warning in the form of a downgra...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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Frontier Financial Services Ltd. has announced the addition of Marie-Pier Bélanger to its team.
Ms Bélanger has taken on the role of recruitment manager, providing recruitment services to a wide range of clients in re/insurance, accounting, investmen...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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Conyers Dill & Pearman has been named Best Law Firm in Bermuda for investment funds work at this year's Fund Domiciles.com Service Provider Awards, held at the Chesterfield Hotel in Mayfair, London.
The awards recognise leading fund service providers...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — The pain of the recession is easing a bit for Tylenol and Band-Aid maker Johnson & Johnson, which yesterday reported a healthy jump in fourth-quarter sales and gave a fairly upbeat forecast for this year.
But profit for the...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. has announced the appointment of Bermudian Nicholas Campbell as senior vice-president and head of specialty treaty reinsurance.
Formerly known as the casualty treaty operation, the specialty treaty unit will continue...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority's CEO Jeremy Cox has paid tribute to Charles Harry Wilken following his sudden death on Sunday.
Mr. Cox said the BMA had enjoyed a "long and cordial association" with many of its staff knowing him both personally and pr...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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