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Society both fosters and represses genius. There are many instances where technology could have advanced farther if prejudices had not come in the way.
Spare a thought then for Alan Turing. He was the founder of computer science, a mathematician, a p...
DATE: Oct 08, 1997
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in the ten months to December 31. The loss is below projections for the start up of the company which began offering long distance services in May this year.
The losses reflect spending on infrastructure during which time the company had no revenue s...
DATE: Oct 06, 1997
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dependents, including Bermuda, should get in line with better governance and financial regulation.
However, while the other colonies are consistenly berated for their deficiencies in a report the audit department produced, Bermuda is held up as a shi...
DATE: Oct 03, 1997
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In last week's column the subject was about propellerheads -- those in the information technology departments -- and how executives needed to incorporate them into their business strategies.
Soon after the column appeared I was approached by in a bar...
DATE: Oct 01, 1997
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What's an investor to do with the US markets riding at an all-time high after the longest run up in history? There are lots of bearish investment managers around who are getting nervous.
Abby Cohen isn't one of the crowd. As managing director of Gold...
DATE: Sep 30, 1997
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Some key people have left the Bermuda Commercial Bank. Edith G. Conyers, head of the bank's international corporate management subsidiary left last week to work for Forum Fund Services Ltd., an exempt company.
The bank's subsidiary acted as a corpora...
DATE: Sep 26, 1997
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to July last year, an indication perhaps that brighter days are ahead for Bermuda's troubled retail sector.
In July 1997 consumers spent $2.5 million more -- for a gross total of $50.7 million-- than in July 1996. That's an increase of 5.1 percent. A...
DATE: Sep 26, 1997
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US timeshare developer Great Vacations Resorts is currently wrapping up its financial analysis of the St. George's Club and is primed to close the deal within a month.
"We are reviewing the club's operation going forward to see how we can control cos...
DATE: Sep 25, 1997
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major players are looking to transform the connection into a means of doing on-line electronic commerce.
The local network began operating with six members in February primarily as a means for the major insurance and brokerage companies to send secur...
DATE: Sep 25, 1997
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about 40 percent for the year ended March 31, 1997. The decline was attributed to reorganisation costs and increased expenses.
The closely-held company posted net earnings for the past financial year of $630,424 compared with $1,042,829 in the previo...
DATE: Sep 24, 1997
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