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Most of us are curious about what other people's salary is at their jobs, keen to compare and judge. Unfortunately such curiosity often goes to the heart of a person's self worth. Our lives are much more than our job.
However, in a job situation sala...
DATE: Jan 25, 1999
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Communications Ltd. this week begins full competition in the lucrative Hamilton market with Bermuda Telephone Co. Ltd. (BTC).
The company announced it is now able to offer local voice calling service to business customer. The rates will be lower than...
DATE: Jan 25, 1999
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Where ever there are large companies operating on a global scale and loads of money, you can also expect lots of legal disputes.
The in-fighting of one of Europe's oldest dynasties over $2.8 billion in assets is not only exciting media attention worl...
DATE: Jan 21, 1999
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Premier Jennifer Smith yesterday pledged support for the international business sector, and said initiatives were under way to streamline "perceived bureaucratic obstacles'' to setting up and operating a company on the Island.
In a speech before memb...
DATE: Jan 20, 1999
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figures released yesterday by the Department of Statistics.
While car dealerships continued to register strong sales growth, the liquor store and general store categories suffered declines.
Overall retail sales were flat in November compared to Novem...
DATE: Jan 20, 1999
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The failure of taxi meters here in the change over to 1999 was only a whisper of the problems that can arise from computers glitches caused by reading numbers wrong.
Computerised taxi meters went dead at noon on January 1 in Singapore for two hours a...
DATE: Jan 18, 1999
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GlobeNet Communications Group Ltd., the holding company of operating subsidiary TeleBermuda International Ltd., has contracted IBM Global Services to research the economic potential of a proposed submarine cable system running from Bermuda to South A...
DATE: Jan 18, 1999
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After launching a media campaign to defend its turf in the local telecommunications market -- and crying poverty -- the Bermuda Telephone Co.
Ltd. is itself under attack.
Yesterday, long distance provider TeleBermuda International Ltd. criticised BTC...
DATE: Jan 16, 1999
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30, a small gain of 1.4 percent compared to the same period in 1997.
Operating revenues increased $8.6 million to $42.6 million over the same period. However, expenses increased by a similar amount to $35.3 million, according to BTC. The holding comp...
DATE: Jan 15, 1999
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acquisitions, Bermuda-based Exel Ltd. yesterday reported fourth quarter earnings of $129.8 million, a 39 percent increase over the same period in 1997.
Profit from operations for the year ended November 30 increased 26 percent to $437.3 million. Inco...
DATE: Jan 15, 1999
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