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Being able to buy a ready-to-eat cheeseburger, or tuck into favourite Bermuda comfort food like macaroni and cheese or a fish sandwich, has been near impossible for the residents of Hamilton Parish — until now.
Colleen Bean has been well aware of the...
DATE: Jul 24, 2007
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Texas-based Southwest Business Corporation is reported to have set up a new reinsurance company in Bermuda called SWBC Re.
And the company chairman said Bermuda was picked as the location for the new business because of its repute within the reinsura...
DATE: Jul 23, 2007
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Eight of Bermuda's brightest students who plan to make careers in the insurance industry have been presented with scholarships totalling $428,000 from the Bermuda Foundation For Insurance Studies (BFIS).
The scholarship amounts range from $30,000 a y...
DATE: Jul 23, 2007
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Bermuda's leading role in providing reinsurance cover to the US has been underlined by the latest report from the Reinsurance Association of America.
The RAA reports the US ceded $54.7 billion in premiums to offshore reinsurers in 2006 and ceded reco...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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He may have been a minute or two outside his ambitious pre-race target, but Otis Robinson was happy to have run a competitive 56 minutes 18 seconds in the Boilermaker 15K race in New York State.
A remarkable improvement in his racing performances sin...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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Ongoing moves to redevelop the long-derelict Club Med resort in St. George's were evident this week as a delegation that included a representative of Starwood Hotels, an assistant of golf legend Nick Faldo, and international developers and architects...
DATE: Jul 20, 2007
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US companies with registered offices in Bermuda, such as world-leading consultancy firm Accenture, face being barred from all US Federal Government contracts as "punishment" for reaping tax advantages by being based offshore.
In a proposed further er...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Business-types who go everywhere with their BlackBerry have one more thing to remember each time they leave and return to Bermuda — a yellow registration slip for Customs.
Forget to carry that document of proof of ownership and you face paying a tax ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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Internet users in Bermuda pay amongst the highest prices to receive some of the slowest connectivity in the developed world, according to new comparisons.
If you live in Japan the cost of broadband internet per megabit per second works out at $0.22, ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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A nifty box of wireless internet tricks has arrived in Bermuda, courtesy of CellularOne.
First announced earlier this year, the MV 420 3G Gateway device has gone on sale at CellularOne, allowing the telecommunications company to steal a march on its ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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