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A new computer bug has put hundreds of millions of computers at risk, leaving the “door wide open” for hackers.
The bug — dubbed Shellshock — has been found in a software component called Bash — a part of many Linux systems as well as Apple’s Mac OS ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A total of eight interns at financial services firm Deloitte have finished their placements.
And — in addition to hands on experience in the firm and visits to other companies — the students also took part community work with the St George’s Foundati...
DATE: Sep 25, 2014
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A former insurance company employee has teamed up with a football charity chief turned bar owner to help propel struggling St George’s back into the Premier League.
Larry Perinchief, who worked for BF&M, has opened up Soccer and Friends restaurant ab...
DATE: Sep 25, 2014
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Local Business
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is to take an American company with a Bermudian arm to court in a bid to tax a $357 million loan.
And — if the US taxman is successful — the case could have wide-reaching implications for other major US firms th...
DATE: Sep 25, 2014
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International Business
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The number of people working in the tourism industry fell by more than ten percent last year, the latest Government figures have revealed.
A total of 460 jobs were lost in the industry in 2013, leaving 5,224 people employed in tourism, both direct an...
DATE: Sep 24, 2014
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A former Bermuda scientist aims to link the academic world and Island business to better predict disasters.
And a new course at the University of Miami — the brainchild of ex-Bermuda Institute for Ocean Science (BIOS) researcher Professor Dennis Hans...
DATE: Sep 23, 2014
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Reinsurance
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Broadcasting Company is seeking to issue extra shares in a bid to raise $3.2 million.
The firm, controlled by businessman Fernance Perry, has proposed a deal with Mayfair Ltd, another Perry-controlled firm.
The proposal would seen the BB...
DATE: Sep 23, 2014
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Local Business
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Retail sales dropped by more than $2 million year on year, according to the latest Government statistics for July.
The figures showed a 2.2 percent decrease on sales, down from $99.1 million to $97 million.
Returning residents declared $4.5 million i...
DATE: Sep 23, 2014
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Profits at the Ascendant group dropped by more than a third in the first six months of this year, the firm has revealed.
The firm, which counts power firm Belco and Bermuda Gas among its operations, logged net earnings of $1.2 million to the end of J...
DATE: Sep 22, 2014
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Telecoms firm Digicel could be shaping up for a showdown with cable TV firm CableVision.
The firm best known for phones in Bermuda has been muscling in on the TV market overseas — and announced yesterday that it had bought a controlling interest in t...
DATE: Sep 19, 2014
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