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NEW YORK (AP) - Bermuda-based Ship Finance International Ltd. said yesterday that preliminary results show it earned $53.5 million in the quarter ended June 30.
The profit of 72 cents per share included accrued profit of $8 million, or 11 cents per s...
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill (AP) - Sears Holdings Corp. said yesterday that it lost money in its second quarter - missing expectations - as it was dragged down by lower sales and one-time costs, causing shares to plunge.
The weak housing market cost it sale...
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) opened and closed at 2,305.39 yesterday.
No shares were traded.
The BSX Insurance Index increased by 4.92 points (0.54 percent) to 923.25.
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Tesco plc., the largest UK food retailer, said it is expanding its personal finance unit with the opening of a call center in Scotland, bringing the company closer to providing full banking services.
The call center in Glasgow, w...
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index gained 1.43 percent as stocks enjoyed a broad-based recovery, with heavyweight oils and miners in demand as raw material prices rose while financials also rallied. By the close, the FTSE 100 was 66.91 points hig...
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks rose for a third straight session yesterday with financial stocks leading gains after US manufacturing data and a rebound in Chinese stocks reassured investors.
The Dow and the S&P 500, which suffered their worst day in...
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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Don't let Hurricane Bill destroy your technology - that was the advice given by the Computer Society of Bermuda last night as the storm barrels towards the Island.
Islanders were urged to back up data and unplug gadgets to ensure precious work and co...
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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Endurance's former head of reinsurance, Gunther Saacke, will lead Novae Group plc.'s newly-former re/insurance unit Novae Re.
The new unit, which is made up of 12 senior, experienced underwriters and eight actuarial and support staff, will write new...
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's business told a judge that two offshore hedge-fund firms accused of profiting from the fraud are ignoring his lawsuits seeking a total of $230.7 million in damages.
Trustee Irving Picard...
DATE: Aug 21, 2009
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