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Demand for additional office space in Bermuda is likely to be static for the next three years - that is according to Alex DeCouto, president of the Construction Association of Bermuda.
Mr. DeCouto said it was hard to see how the Island could handle m...
DATE: Aug 11, 2009
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Net income: $16.3 million compared to $13.8 million in 2008.
Net written premiums: $238.4 million compared to $171.3 million in 2008.
Combined ratio: 96.4 percent compared to 92.2 percent in 2008.
DATE: Aug 11, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's currency closed lower versus the greenback yesterday as investors continued to trade on last week's disappointing Canadian jobs report due to the lack of any fresh data to influence direction.
The sell-off began early in ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Catlin Group Ltd., owner of the largest insurance unit at Lloyd's of London, said first-half profit rose 77 percent as investment returns more than tripled.
Net income increased to $195.8 million from $110.5 million a year earlie...
DATE: Aug 10, 2009
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A complex game of geopolitical strategy is being played out in Eurasia reminiscent of what historians call the Great Game between Britain and Russia in the 19th century. Of course, the more recent Cold-War period also provided opportunity for strateg...
DATE: Aug 10, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian investors are pumping money into small cap companies that they normally shun in uncertain times, enticed into riskier assets by signs the economy is stabilising and by bargain prices.
The widely followed BMO Small Cap Ind...
DATE: Aug 10, 2009
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Local stocks rose 1.1 percent last week, thanks entirely to a climb in Butterfield Bank shares.
The bank rose 20 cents, or 4.2 percent, to $5 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, as 94,264 shares changed hands.
Butterfield's common shares have been battere...
DATE: Aug 10, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's rally could persist this week as investors' conviction grows that the US economy is on track for a recovery. But retailers' results, CPI and other consumer data could cast a pall if shoppers fail to show signs of li...
DATE: Aug 10, 2009
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HSBC has delisted its Managed Portfolios - Strategic Equity classes sub-fund, effective from last Friday.
Following the recent amalgamation of two sub-funds within HSBC Managed Portfolios Ltd., the Strategic Equity sub-fund with the Capital Growth su...
DATE: Aug 10, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of Venezuelan clients of Stanford Financial Group have sued Bermuda-domiciled insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd., accusing it of contributing to an alleged $7 billion Ponzi scheme at the Texas-based investment co...
DATE: Aug 10, 2009
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