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BC-AS--China-Internet, 2nd Ld-Writethru,0422
China says it will keep blocking online content
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BEIJING (AP) -- China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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If you've heard one too many "thanks, but no thanks" (or more likely nothing at all) from prospective employers, it may be time to consider retraining.
Retraining, or retooling, may be the answer to landing a rewarding new job in the economic downtur...
DATE: Jun 08, 2010
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BC-EU--Germany-Financial Crisis, 3rd Ld-Writethru,0369
Germany moves to save $96 billion by 2014
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BERLIN (AP) -- Germany will cut welfare benefits, introduce new taxes and shed government jobs to save as much as euro80 billion ($96 bil...
DATE: Jun 08, 2010
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Bermuda continues to have a bright future as a global insurance centre, despite political threats from the US and elsewhere, according to Flagstone Re co-founder Mark Byrne.
What matters to the Island is not whether insurers domicile their holding co...
DATE: Jun 01, 2010
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XL Capital boss Mike McGavick urged US lawmakers to remember what the Bermuda insurance market has done to support the US economy before considering law changes that could harm the Island.
Mr. McGavick made his comments to an audience dominated by in...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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Laptops in a classroom can increase engagement, attentiveness, participation and learning, according to a study of college students, published by this month's edition of the journal Computers & Education.
However, like any other aid to education, the...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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Bermudian Simon Payne is thinking big after establishing his new law practice, Limestone Law Ltd.
Having opened the firm in January, Mr. Payne is setting his long-term sights on building an organisation with subsidiaries in several countries and is a...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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The recession may have a permanent effect on the millennial generation, also called Generation Y.
They are the 18- to 29-year-olds who have graduated with good college degrees into a no-jobs job market, and they are still, in large numbers, underempl...
DATE: May 22, 2010
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PersonalFinance: Smart guide to charitable giving
(Corrects paragraph three to say that Fidelity's Charitable Gift Fund had its biggest first quarter ever in the first quarter of 2010, not its biggest quarter ev...
DATE: May 15, 2010
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Can communication technologies change your way of thinking? Or, more precisely can communication technologies get in the way of thinking and understanding?
The answer is of course, yes. We have understood this for some time. Each communications techn...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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