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It has to be one of the more surprising sights for customers popping into A.S. Cooper and Sons main store on Front Street — a Wedgwood potter busily throwing pots and preparing delicate clay moulds of shells and other Bermuda images.
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DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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If Bermuda-based multi-billion dollar reinsurance firms were ordered out of the New York Stock Exchange because of theoretical changes in US tax regulations, they could bring their heavyweight presence to bear on Bermuda's BSX index.
But would the Is...
DATE: Jun 15, 2007
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The latest retail sales index figures, released the day after inflation in Bermuda was reported to have dropped to 3.1 percent, reveal residents on business trips and vacations declared $6.3 million-worth of overseas purchases when they returned to t...
DATE: Jun 14, 2007
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Bermuda kitchen designer Geraldine McCaffrey has been judged one of the four best in North America for an eye-catching creation installed in a Bermuda home.
The design has already featured on a front-cover of rg magazine and could now be in line for ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2007
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Early evening shopping in Bermuda started this week in a battle to win back shoppers who are increasingly buying items overseas rather than at local stores.
The commencement of late night shopping on Tuesday comes as evidence shows that many Bermuda ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2007
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Harbourfront Restaurant has moved — taxi!
Actually, if you're a regular of the popular Front Street restaurant you won't have to worry about hailing a taxi to get to the new location because its owners are, for the moment, laying on a free taxi servi...
DATE: Jun 13, 2007
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Inflation in Bermuda has slipped back from an 8-month high and stood at 3.1 percent at the end of April, compared to a month earlier when it had been 3.5 percent.
Between the two months the average cost of goods and services on the Island edged 0.4 p...
DATE: Jun 13, 2007
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When Andy Soucie put the Positive Results health and wellness studio in Pembroke up for sale he was adamant he would not let it go to anyone not committed to keeping it as a personal trainer-led fitness gym.
That business philosophy was a perfect fit...
DATE: Jun 13, 2007
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In the wake of the ongoing US multi-district litigation surrounding contingent commissions and allegations of bid-rigging and anti-trust practices allowed by insurance firms and brokers, legal experts have spoken of the way forward while visiting Ber...
DATE: Jun 12, 2007
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More US brokers will be heading to Bermuda in 2008 for the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) symposium if organisers of this year's fourth annual event have their way.
The two-day symposium attracted just over 200 delegates last week...
DATE: Jun 12, 2007
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