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For my Christmas present I'm going to get a digital camera. Like many others, I've been watching digital cameras develop for the past year, hankering after the promise they've held out. Now digital cameras have come close to the quality and price I w...
DATE: Dec 21, 1998
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Bermuda residents could see a significant cut in the cost of their long distance calls next year if recommendations issued by the Telecommunications Commission are implemented.
However the Island's largest local service provider has moved swiftly to ...
DATE: Dec 19, 1998
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Figures released this week indicated the fastest growing sectors of the economy are in banking, insurance and real estate, and international business.
Employment income in Bermuda rose 3.4 percent in the second quarter from the first quarter, accordi...
DATE: Dec 18, 1998
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Government has hit back at attempts by a Berlin-based anti-corruption agency to portray Bermuda as one of the world's "banking outlaws'' against which international action should be taken.
In a Press statement released yesterday Finance Minister Euge...
DATE: Dec 18, 1998
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earned in the three months to September 30 compared to the $363.97 million in the second quarter.
The gain represents a 3.4 percent rise in income for the three months compared to that earned by workers in the second quarter indicating an economy tha...
DATE: Dec 17, 1998
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another blow yesterday when a Berlin-based anti-corruption agency labelled it as one of the world's "banking outlaws'' against which international action should be taken.
Bloomberg news yesterday reported that Transparency International (TI), a non-p...
DATE: Dec 17, 1998
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In case your personal system goes down in 2000 you'll be relieved to know the folks over at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital believe they have things under control in purging the Millennium Bug out of their equipment.
No one will argue, unless t...
DATE: Dec 14, 1998
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox yesterday gave a sneak preview of statistical figures, about to be released soon, which show Bermuda's overall economy is generally in strong shape but is being pulled down by a stagnating tourism sector.
Preliminary third...
DATE: Dec 11, 1998
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offered by the Bank of Bermuda Ltd. for Bermuda Home Ltd., according to sources familiar with the discussions.
"They believe Bermuda Home shareholders are not getting the best value they could get for their shares,'' a source said. "Although the Bank...
DATE: Dec 11, 1998
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or 7.4 percent to $1.49 million in the six months to September 30 compared to the same period last year.
The company, which operates as Bermuda Paint Co. Ltd., had unaudited net income of $227,156, a fall of $96,000 or 29.8 percent compared to the sa...
DATE: Dec 09, 1998
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