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The cost of health and dental care helped push the cost of basic goods and services up 1.6 percent year on year, the latest Government statistics revealed today.
A major factor was said to be a 9.8 percent rise in health insurance premiums and a nine...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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Bermuda was hit by fresh jobs gloom today after HSBC Bermuda announced another round of redundancies.
A spokeswoman for the bank confirmed that jobs would go as part of a bid to streamline the operation.
She added: “To accommodate the new structure, ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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A UK-based international charity has singled out Bermuda in its campaign to crack down on offshore ‘tax havens’.
War or Want picked on Bermuda after reports that internet giant Google had increased to $6 billion the amount funnelled through the Islan...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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A summit meeting of the Overseas Territories and the UK government will focus on economic growth and job creation, the UK government said yesterday.
Premier Craig Cannonier and Senator Michael Fahy, the Minister for Home Affairs, yesterday arrived in...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Bermuda’s international business pumped an estimated $1.47 billion into the island’s economy last year, a survey released today said.
The largest single contribution was salaries, with exempt companies paying staff a total of $433 million last year —...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Marchers who descended on the House of Assembly in a bid to save the closure-threatened Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in the east end said the service was a vital part of the community.
Raine Burgess, 35, an insurance broker from the area, said: “I h...
DATE: Nov 23, 2013
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The closure-threatened Lamb Foggo Clinic in the east end will stay open, Premier Craig Cannonier pledged today.
Mr Cannonier told a protest march outside the House of Assembly: “For Bermuda we know that this coming year we have many difficult decisi...
DATE: Nov 23, 2013
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Getting Bermuda’s ailing economy back on track could take a few years, the chairman of the Island’s international business umbrella group said yesterday.
George Hutchings, who heads up the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) said th...
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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The Esso Bermuda airport refuelling team has won a top international award for safety.
The four-strong squad responsible for filling up the tanks on planes won the Global Aviation WINGS Award for a perfect safety record last year.
Esso aviation super...
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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The winner of the year’s top ten employers’ list is shipping firm FedEx Express, it was announced last night.
The competition was run by The Bottom Line magazine, a sister publication of The Royal Gazette, and sponsored by professional services firm ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2013
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