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A US-based start-up firm is to trial a Bermuda service to allow deaf and speech impaired people to communicate more effectively with telecoms and power suppliers.
Pypestream, in partnership with the Bermuda Islands Association of the Deaf, is to run ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda financial watchdogs have slapped a $1.5 million fine on financial services firm Sun Life Financial Investments for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and antiterrorist financing laws.
And the Bermuda Monetary Authority has banned th...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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International Business
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A taste of Bermuda is now available in a specially-designed goodie bag with island flair.
Authentically Local Bermuda has launched the bags, reusable and adorned with original artwork featuring a Gombey dancer and other island images, to target the l...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017
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Local Business
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermudian jobs could face the axe as international telecoms firm Digicel announced plans to cut 25 per cent of its worldwide workforce over the next 18 months.
But Digicel stayed tight-lipped on whether the island would be affected by the job losses....
DATE: Feb 23, 2017
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Reinsurance firm PartnerRe has reported a net loss of $191 million for the last quarter of 2016.
The figure compares to a $162 million net income for the same period last year.
Operating earnings for the period totalled $125 million, compared to $184...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s Ironshore has boosted its insurance capacity for terrorism and sabotage coverage to $400 million.
The increase is $25 million up on the previous $375 million available to clients.
Quentin Prebble, director of Pembroke Managing Agency Limite...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Veteran charter boat operator Leon Raynor lost his flagship Sally Bum Bum in the double whammy hit by hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo in 2014.
But now he’s launched a bigger replacement — a 55-foot yacht called the Big Bum Bum with a capacity of 48 passen...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Island craftsman Jon Faulkner is to go back to his roots with a new venture in Dockyard.
Mr Faulkner, who has worked in pottery for around 30 years, is opening the Jon Faulkner Gallery in the Bermuda Clayworks building.
He said: “Bermuda Clayworks wi...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Sneaker giants adidas is to bring back a retro design — with a Bermuda touch.
The adidas Bermuda sneaker, first seen in the 1970s, has been reborn as part of the company’s Originals range of classics.
According to sneaker websites, the design will fi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Hamilton restaurant has started charging for bags and donating the cash to a tree-planting scheme in a bid to boost the environment.
Nonna’s Kitchen wants to encourage people to reuse bags in a drive thought to be the first of its kind in Bermuda.
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DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor