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Bermuda is one of the key players in the Caribbean region in terms of generation of golf centre revenue.
That is according to the KPMG Caribbean Golf Benchmark Survey, which was officially unveiled to delegates at a seminar held yesterday by Steve Wo...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - A record high for oil prices drove the Toronto Stock Exchange's main index higher yesterday, with stronger resource issues overshadowed lingering worries about a weak earnings season.
Toronto's energy sector gained 1.8 percent as ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — Crude oil prices rose to within a penny of $114 a barrel yesterday, setting a new record as concerns mounted about global supplies.
Traders honed in on a report by the International Energy Agency that said Russian oil production dropp...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — Tesco PLC, the British-based grocer rolling out a series of stores across the US, reported a 12.3-percent rise in full-year net profit yesterday, cheering investors amid an otherwise gloomy retail market.
Tesco also hit back at critics ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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Montpelier US, the Hartford-based subsidiary of Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., yesterday announced that Francis (Bud) Lockwood has joined as the president of Montpelier Underwriting Inc. and member of the Montpelier US executive committee...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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CIFG Holding, Ltd., the holding company for CIFG's financial guaranty subsidiaries, has named David Rockwell as chief risk officer with overall responsibility for the company's risk management activities and surveillance functions.
At the same time, ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Chrysalis Group plc., which sold its radio unit in July to focus on music publishing and recording, fell the most in almost 16 years in London trading after rejecting a takeover offer of £1.55 a share.
The offer "significantly un...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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JOHANNESBURG (Bloomberg) - Aquarius Platinum Ltd., a producer of the metal in South Africa and Zimbabwe, agreed to repurchase Impala Platinum Holdings' 8.4-percent stake in Aquarius as part of a $790 million transaction.
Aquarius's South African unit...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet top retail and investment bank executives in London today to discuss the impact of the global financial crisis ahead of a trip to the US. The meeting comes as concern grows over the sec...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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Bermuda's insurance industry is worth a staggering $6.8 million per person, if its total aggregated assets of $440 billion were distributed among the Island's population of 64,000.
The latest report by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) reveals tha...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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