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Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster and other social networking sites threaten to break the web into "fragmented islands" says world wide web founder Tim Berners-Lee.
His lengthy piece in Scientific American more than sounds a warning note; it likens the ...
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The Bermuda Employers' Council (BEC) is anticipating its biggest ever annual general meeting (AGM) next week.
The event, which will combine the BEC's 50th anniversary celebrations and the launch of the Bermuda Business Hall of Fame and Malcolm Dixon ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services yesterday said it had revised its outlook on XL Group plc to stable from negative.
The Dublin-based global business insurer, which has substantial operations in Bermuda, welcomed S&P's actions yesterday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Apple released the iPad in April, it set a high bar for tablet computers. The first real competitor has arrived in Samsung's Galaxy Tab.
With a touch screen that measures seven inches diagonally, nearly three shorter than th...
DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - World stocks slid and the euro dropped to a two-month low against the dollar yesterday as investors fretted over Ireland's political turmoil following the government's request for a bailout and after North Korea's artillery attack on So...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks fell yesterday as a flare-up of tensions between North and South Korea combined with downbeat news on the economy gave investors plenty of reasons to sell ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The dollar and gold rose as investors...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the insurer repaying a US bailout, named Brian Schreiber to manage the company's debts and investments. Schreiber, who was previously head of strategic planning, was named executive vice presi...
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's chief financial regulator said yesterday that his agency had monitored Ireland's developing economic crisis over two years and was not lax as UK banks built up a massive exposure.
British bank stocks were mostly lower yesterda...
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SYDNEY (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the world's most popular Internet search site, will include social networking in its strategy, Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette said.
"Everybody has to take in consideration social signals, but it's ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said his WL Ross & Co. is one of two final bidders for EBS Building Society, an Irish bank.
The attempt to acquire the bank is "probably the strongest demonstration of our belief that Ireland w...
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