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Trekking abroad gets tougher for Bermuda residents. For hundreds of years, we have travelled openly and often in the pursuit of both trade and leisure.
We have enthusiastically embraced cultures, customs, cuisine, and cousins — all in the experiencin...
DATE: Aug 15, 2009
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FRANKFURT (AP) — Volkswagen AG's supervisory board yesterday approved absorbing Porsche into VW by the end of 2011, with an initial stake to be acquired this year for 3.3 billion euros ($4.72 billion), the Wolfsburg-based company said in a statement....
DATE: Aug 14, 2009
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Bermudian economics student Chelsea Mayeaux has won a four-year scholarship from the XL Foundation.
Chelsea, the daugther of Daren and Cindy Mayeaux of Paget, was selected from a field of 25 applicants for the scholarship, which is open to Bermudians...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attacked a proposal by the opposition Conservatives yesterday to abolish the Financial Services Authority (FSA), calling their bank regulation plan "completely unacceptable".
The Conservatives, u...
DATE: Jul 23, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar dipped against the euro on Friday, reversing some of its sharp gains the previous session following weak US jobs data which dampened hopes that the global economy is poised to recover.
Trading was extremely thin, however...
DATE: Jul 06, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - With Wall Street stuck in a range since May, the start of second-quarter earnings season this week could prove to be a decisive factor for determining how much faith investors should have in an economic recovery.
After a rally of...
DATE: Jul 06, 2009
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks gained for the first time in three days, led by raw-material shares, as Teck Resources Ltd. sold a stake to China's sovereign wealth fund.
Teck Resources, Canada's largest diversified mining company, jumped 8.1 p...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - Oil dropped a dollar to below $66 a barrel yesterday after unemployment data hardened views economic weakness would sap energy demand and that last month's rally was overdone.
In the latest sign the economy of the world's top consu...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - A dour report on job losses in June sent stocks sharply lower yesterday.
Major stock indexes fell more than 2.6 percent after the government said the US unemployment rate hit a 26-year high. The Dow Jones industrials closed at their l...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index finished lower yesterday as oil prices slid and a gloomy US jobs report dimmed hopes for a quick economic recovery.
US employers cut more jobs than expected in June and the unemployment rate rose to 9.5 ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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