51 results returned for search: "" category ("Other" AND "Business") author Gareth Finighan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg yesterday again defended the ECB's surprise May 10 decision to trim its key lending rate by 25 basis points, citing the likely path of future inflation.
In prepared remarks to a Eur...
DATE: May 29, 2001
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Utility company Bermuda Electric Light Company Holdings Ltd. has reported net earnings of $20.5 million for last year -- an increase of nearly 30 percent on the year before.
A company spokeswoman last night explained that the principal reason for the...
DATE: Mar 30, 2001
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their customers -- and the delays are crippling small businesses.
The claim was made by one businessman who says that, this year, he has regularly had to wait for nearly three weeks for his stock to be unloaded after it has arrived at the docks.
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DATE: Sep 28, 1999
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around-the-clock effort by Bermuda Electric Light Company crews to restore lines brought down by Hurricane Gert.
The majority of the 12,000 households which suffered power outages were reconnected while the hurricane still raged on Tuesday.
But a Bel...
DATE: Sep 23, 1999
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action should Hurricane Gert wreak havoc to power lines.
The company began preparations for the storm several days ago by ensuring that all trucks were fully fuelled and stocked with essential repair equipment in readiness for mass call-outs.
And a c...
DATE: Sep 21, 1999
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after offering voluntary retirement to a host of staff.
A celebration leaving party was held last week after 31 of the 38 staff offered the pension packages opted to clear their desks and retire. The figure represents 7.75 percent of the company's 40...
DATE: Sep 03, 1999
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clean bill of health by US sanitation inspectors.
Norwegian Majesty , Norwegian Crown , Nordic Empress , Zenith and Horizon , which sail to the Island from their home ports of New York and Boston every week in the summer months, all passed tough sani...
DATE: Aug 11, 1999
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Premier Jennifer Smith is to attend a European conference next week -- despite the fact that both a Minister and a civil servant are already booked to attend.
Yesterday a Government spokesman confirmed that the Premier, along with her chief of staff ...
DATE: May 28, 1999
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pulled out of the project -- after receiving complaints from more than 50 residents.
Burrows Lightbourn managers hoped to transfer the store's liquor licence to new premises on North Shore Road after the company's old store was forced to close down.
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DATE: Mar 31, 1999
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A planned new liquor store in Flatts will not attract "the wrong element'' according to the company's boss.
Burrows Lightbourn managing director Richard Hartley said that, in a bid to attract a more upmarket clientele, the new store would not be sell...
DATE: Mar 29, 1999
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