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A cement crisis is looming larger with news that a Government bid to temporarily nationalise the bulk cement supply operation involves an offer price far below the $1 million asking price for the Bermuda Cement Company.
Company boss Jim Butterfield v...
DATE: Nov 29, 2007
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A tribute night in memory of school teacher Toby Colombe, who was killed in a road accident in Smith's Parish on November 19, has raised $3,700.
Friends and fellow musicians gathered at the Spanish Point Boat Club for a special tribute evening of mus...
DATE: Nov 28, 2007
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Government has found a potential buyer for the Bermuda Cement Company – itself.
The proposal to effectively nationalise the Island's cement business is being viewed by the construction industry with a mixture of concern and a degree of hope that a po...
DATE: Nov 28, 2007
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Government has made an offer to buy the Bermuda Cement Company, lock, stock and barrel and in the process avert a construction industry crisis.
Premier Ewart Brown announced this afternoon that an offer has been passed from Government’s lawyer to tho...
DATE: Nov 27, 2007
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Bermuda's cement supply crisis deepened last night with confirmation Bermuda Cement Company will close its plant in four weeks' time and intends to start advertising its equipment for sale as of this Friday.
As things stand the cement firm intends to...
DATE: Nov 27, 2007
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Musicians and friends of Toby Colombe, the Canadian physical education teacher who died in a single vehicle motorbike accident in the early hours of Sunday, are holding a tribute night at the Bermuda Folk Club this Saturday.
Proceeds from the evening...
DATE: Nov 21, 2007
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Fed-up cement supply workers at Dockyard staged a walk out and marched to the offices of the West End Development Corporation yesterday, demanding to know what is to happen to their jobs in the new year.
Since last Wednesday, when the Bermuda Cement ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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Butterfield Bank has reported third quarter profits of $39.6 million, a record for the group and up 14.4 percent year on year.
Pre-tax net income was $41.6 million, up 16.3 percent on a year ago. Diluted earnings per share were $0.46, up seven cents ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2007
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Arguably the most famous economic commentator in the world, Dr. Alan Greenspan visits Bermuda today as a keynote speaker for a hedge fund conference taking place at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel.
The former Federal Reserve chairman will address hund...
DATE: Oct 29, 2007
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The man at the top of Bermuda's second biggest insurance and reinsurance company XL Capital is to retire from the post in the middle of next year.
Brian O'Hara will step down mid-2008, but remain as chairman for a final year, XL announced late yester...
DATE: Oct 24, 2007
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