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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index edged up last week as heavy trading volume did not do much to move stock prices.
The Index ended the week up 29.17 points (0.58 percent) at 4,007.38 as some 126,554 shares worth $3.7 million changed hand...
DATE: Mar 19, 2007
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Ever since the 1920s moviemakers have been able to marry sound with visuals.
Yet it astounds me that the best part of a century later, some directors are still treating scripts as an afterthought to their visuals and serving up creaking dialogue whic...
DATE: Mar 19, 2007
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Bermuda company CastlePoint Holdings Ltd., which provides products to insurance companies, is expected to be the first of the Class of 2005 reinsurance companies to go public when its initial public offering takes place this week.
CastlePoint filed i...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Having salmon for dinner is not just good for your heart, it may also improve your disposition, according to a University of Pittsburgh study. It found that omega-3 fatty acids, which are plentiful in fatty fish like salmo...
DATE: Mar 19, 2007
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) — World Cup hosts West Indies can book their place in the Super Eights stage if they beat Zimbabwe at Sabina Park today but captain Brian Lara is taking nothing for granted.“It is quite complicated after the results in the...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — A new ethanol company with prominent foreign investors took a big step on Friday toward starting operations in Brazil, announcing the private placement of US$200 million (US$151 million) in common shares.Bermuda-register...
DATE: Mar 19, 2007
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Preparations are underway for celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade.
A three-hour programme has been lined up for Commissioner’s House, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 25 — 200 years after the Slave Trade Act...
DATE: Mar 19, 2007
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The recent amendments made to the Companies Act 1981 (the “Act”) by the Companies Amendment Act 2006 are regarded as the most significant changes to Bermuda company law in 50 years.
Notably, the minimum share capital requirement (previously $12,000 f...
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l India have won 57.4% of their 55 matches in the World Cup — the fifth best win percentage in the competition.
l Sachin Tendulkar is the leading scorer in World Cup history (1,732 runs) and is one of only five batsmen to pass 1,000 World Cup runs af...
DATE: Mar 19, 2007
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) — Canada’s mutual fund industry, basking in its best sales season in a decade, may be hoping that history doesn’t repeat itself.The last time net industry sales for the peak January and February months were above...
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