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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Until now, my problem with social music services has been this: Following friends doesn't really turn up much music I actually want to hear. We didn't become friends because we share musical tastes, and too few of them are using th...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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The new Regulatory Authority overseeing telecoms reform has issued an emergency order on the amalgamation of internet providers North Rock Communications and Logic, saying the merger “raises potentially serious competition concerns”.
The merger of th...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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Local Business
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A judge says New York City can test out letting people hail yellow cabs via their smartphones.
A Manhattan judge has dismissed a lawsuit over the "e-hail" programme and lifted an order that temporarily stopped it.
The city Taxi and Limousine Commiss...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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Technology
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Happy (belated) birthday to the internet!
In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee (not Al Gore) developed a technology to help physicists in universities and institutes around the world share information. Twenty years ago this week, on April 30, 1993, the European ...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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Technology
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Wireless subscription TV provider WOW has launched High Definition 1080 TV programming to its customers at no additional cost.
“As the telecommunication industry continues to move forward, we are constantly evaluating and evolving in order to exceed ...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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Local Business
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Trading in Bermuda’s Government bonds is seeing renewed interest.
The credit spread or difference in yield between the equivalent benchmark US Treasury bond tightened, suggesting a renewed confidence in the Bermudian economy. Bermuda is currently rat...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Willis Group Holdings Plc last night reported organic growth of 4.1 percent in the first quarter of 2013 and exceeded Wall Street expectations.
The London-based broker posted a first-quarter net income of $219 million or $1.24 per share, down from $...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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Say goodbye to those old-school clamshell phones because it’s finally official: smartphones have taken over the world.
For the first time ever, more smartphones were shipped during the first quarter of this year than basic feature phones, according ...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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Butterfield Bank jumped 8 cents, or 5.7 percent, to close at $1.48 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday.
Some 37,000 of the bank’s shares changed hands.
Argus Group shares declined 19 cents, or 5.1 percent, to close at $3.51.
KeyTech closed unchan...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Butterfield Bank made a profit of $13.3 million in the first three months of this year, a 9.5 percent drop over the same period last year, the bank announced late yesterday afternoon.
The bank reported net income of $14.7 million in the first quarter...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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