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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change said it will defend against a legal challenge by US airlines objecting to inclusion in the European Union's carbon dioxide emissions-trading plans.
"We are confident of the merits of...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The US Securities and Exchange Commission asked a judge to order Galleon Group LLC founder Raj Rajaratnam to share wiretap recordings that his lawyers got from federal prosecutors.
The agency is scheduled to begin a trial in a ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks slipped late yesterday due to trepidation over churning political and regulatory developments, offsetting solid earnings and improved consumer confidence data.
Gains faded late as investors turned cautious before the Fe...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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Butterfield Bank was the only trader on The Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday, seeing 130 preference shares change hands.
The shares closed down $1 (0.08 percent) at $225 for the day.
Other traders included the bank's common shares (9,700 ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore Inc. has appointed Scott Fitzmaurice regional executive for the Southeast Region of the United States, and John Koller has been named to the position of branch executive in San Francisco, California.
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DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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SEATTLE (AP) - The company whose CEO proclaimed in 2008 that people don't read anymore may now be poised to sweep in and capture the electronic book reader market.
That company is Apple Inc., and its CEO, Steve Jobs, was predicting Amazon.com Inc.'s ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of jobless worldwide this year is likely to remain around 2009's record levels, with unemployment edging higher in rich countries but stabilising or declining elsewhere, the International Labour Organisation said.
The Un...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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G-7 finance officials debate banking system reform
LONDON (AP) -- Finance officials from the Group of Seven developed nations are meeting Monday in London to discuss reform of the global banking system to preven...
DATE: Jan 26, 2010
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Bermuda-domiciled Digicel yesterday announced details of its collaboration with international reggae artist, Shaggy, and renowned producer, Christopher Birch, to write and produce a song - Rise Again - to raise money for the Digicel Haiti Relief Fund...
DATE: Jan 26, 2010
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Tributes have poured in for eminent businessman Charles Harry Wilken following his sudden death while travelling in Hong Kong on Sunday night.
Mr. Wilken, who was 61 at the time of his death, was a vociferous supporter of Bermuda's international busi...
DATE: Jan 26, 2010
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