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Inflation has touched a 16-year high in Bermuda, driven by higher oil and energy prices and more expensive hotel room rates overseas biting into the pockets of Island residents.
The monthly inflation rate leapt 1.4 percent between April and May, putt...
DATE: Jul 05, 2007
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A new convenience shop has opened at a prime spot in St. George's right next to the main bus stop on Duke of York Street.
It is quickly establishing itself as a rival to the Liquor Store opposite, selling many of the same snack and food items, but no...
DATE: Jul 05, 2007
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Here is proof that Bermuda can produce its own insurance industry talent, good enough to step out onto the global scene by relocating to the world financial service's powerhouse of London.
Ace Group of Companies' Dwayne Hunt and Andreas Lewin are pac...
DATE: Jul 04, 2007
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A gap in Bermuda's tourism market is to be filled by Bermuda Tours and C Travel joining forces to create a new company to provide guided bus, taxi and boat tours for hotel guests and other on-Island visitors.
Cruise ship tourists have been well cater...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Having a tattoo is no longer the sole preserve of bikers and teenagers. High-flying CEOs are just as likely to call in for a tattoo as any other customer. Just ask Tommy Murphy who works at the newly opened Tattoo Shop around the corner from Hamilton...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Tentative hopes have been expressed by Bermuda Broadcasting Company and the Bermuda Industrial Union that ongoing industrial action at the ZBM/ZFB TV and radio broadcasting station is heading towards resolution.
A "work to rule" has been in place at ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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If businessman John Charman cashed in all his estimated $267 million worth of shares of Axis Capital he could lay the resulting single dollar bills flat on the ground, end-to-end, and comfortably circle the equator of the Earth.
In fact he'd have eno...
DATE: Jul 02, 2007
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Bermuda-based global hedge fund administrator Fulcrum Ltd. has accepted a $57 million investment from 3i Growth Capital that secures its independence from rivals seeking to consolidate.
It also gives Fulcrum the financial clout and backing to do busi...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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There are 19 mechanics at HWP Group but only two are Bermudian.
That is going to change as the company has started its own apprenticeship scheme that will, within five years, produce enough trained mechanics to do away with the need for the company t...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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Two of the founding shareholders of Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited are selling up all their shares — just under eight million, which represents 10 percent of the company's total ordinary shares — worth around $227 million.
Aspen will ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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