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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — MF Global Ltd., the largest broker of exchange-traded futures and options, said client funds are higher than they were a week ago when it set aside $141.5 million to cover what it called "unauthorised" trades by an employee.
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DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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As an undergraduate back in the 1950s, I often visited the Worcester Art Museum in central Massachusetts, and it was there I first saw Winslow Homer's Bermuda watercolours.
I remember wishing they could be exhibited in Bermuda. Much later, as a gradu...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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The Bermuda Post Office (BPO) is advising the public from tomorrow, the Island's post offices will be will be undergoing the installation of an automated retail and point of sale system.
As a result, post offices Island-wide will experience temporary...
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new york (Bloomberg) — The dollar fell to a record against the euro and to an eight-year low compared with the yen as the US lost jobs for the second straight month in February, adding to concern that the economy is in a recession.
The US currency fe...
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The cost of fuel and power rose almost 28 percent in a year, helping to propel the annual inflation rate to 3.9 percent, Government statistics show.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for January show that year-on-year costs in the transport and vehi...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - MBIA Inc, the world's largest bond insurer, on Friday said it had asked Fitch Ratings to withdraw its insurer financial strength ratings for six units, including MBIA Insurance Corp., its main bond insurance arm.
Fitch is the onl...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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Banking and utilities proved to be the most prosperous sectors on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) last week.
Butterfield Bank and Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. boosted their share prices by 10 cents each to close up at $18.10 and ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Marvell Technology Group Ltd., the maker of chips for Apple Inc.'s iPod media player, beat analysts' estimates with its fourth-quarter profit and sales.
Net income was $1.3 million, or break-even, compared wi...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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The Chamber of Commerce celebrated International Women's Day by inviting women who have excelled in the workforce.
More than 100 women were chosen to attend the annual event which saw Minister Paula Cox and Attorney General Kim Wilson mingle with pro...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) — China's inflation probably surged to another 11-year high in February on snowstorms that disrupted food supplies, making an interest-rate increase more likely.
Consumer prices rose 7.9 percent from a year earlier, according to t...
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