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I'm in the market for my first computer. Yep, I write a technology column and I've never bought a computer before. Since I work in the media industry, I've usually had access to a computer with which to write and print good looking documents, and per...
DATE: Aug 27, 1997
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The high-tech research labs are churning out wonderful technology at an increasingly faster pace. Some of them are on the market, some are being tested, while others may never make it to the market. They range from the ordinary tweaking of an item al...
DATE: Aug 20, 1997
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already shaken things up at the closely held liquor empire.
Since the former Washington lawyer became president and chief executive officer in March he has brought all the senior executives to Bermuda, making it the company's operational headquarters...
DATE: Aug 18, 1997
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It's almost laughable the way computer users have such a passion about which operating system they prefer. The Apple cultists who booed Steve Jobs at the MacWorld trade show when he revealed a partnership with bitter rival Microsoft typify the kind o...
DATE: Aug 13, 1997
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million, or 55 cents per common share, for the second quarter ended June 30 -- a 24 percent increase over the same period last year.
For the first half of its fiscal year the company posted net earnings of $21.9 million, or $1.08 cents per share, a 2...
DATE: Aug 08, 1997
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Tree house specialist Jim Gravely left the jungles of Nicaragua -- where he was building an obstacle course 50 feet above ground -- for a serene Bermuda backyard. His mission: To build a tree house for wealthy futures trader Monroe Trout.
At Mr. Trou...
DATE: Aug 07, 1997
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The rise of the Internet as a giant electronic billboard of consumer information, among other things, is transforming the way business is being done. This banged-together electronic network has opened up the age of do-it-yourself consumerism.
The peo...
DATE: Aug 06, 1997
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TeleBermuda International Ltd. (TBI) has formed a joint venture with a UK company to establish a new European telecommunications carrier.
The agreement signals the company's initial step in targeting the European market and offering other carriers ro...
DATE: Aug 04, 1997
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million on its earnings of $31 million from continuing operations, leaving it to declare a profit of $10.4 million for the year ended June 30.
The profit represents a drop of 64 percent compared with net earnings of $28.8 million for fiscal 1996. The...
DATE: Aug 04, 1997
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LaSalle Re Holdings Ltd., one of Bermuda's top ten insurers, has reported net income of $37.7 million for the third quarter ended June 30, down from the $40.8 million reported in the same period last year.
Earnings per share were $1.63 compared with ...
DATE: Jul 30, 1997
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