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Bermuda's youth is set to benefit from a series of programmes and services sponsored by the newly-formed Argo Foundation, The Royal Gazette can exclusively reveal.
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., an international property and casualty special...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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Let us observe that the current US presidential election has raised the bar on a no-holds-barred fight over the Internet for voters.
Both the Republican and Democratic campaigns provide examples of how the Internet can be leveraged in the path to pow...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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Bermuda Commercial Bank yesterday named Bermudian Horst Finkbeiner II as its new chief operating officer, succeeding Dominique Smith, whose retirement was announced last Friday.
Ms Smith had worked for BCB for more than 12 years and was appointed COO...
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TOKYO (AP) - Sales are improving in Japan for Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld video game machine, and a beefed-up version with a clearer display is expected to add momentum, a senior executive said yesterday.
The portable game machin...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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new york (Bloomberg) — Insured losses from Hurricane Gustav, which lashed the Louisiana coast yesterday, may not be as high as the first damage estimates indicated, according to firms that specialise in predicting catastrophes.
The hurricane lost pow...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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One of the first things I did eight years ago after converting my CD collection to MP3 files on my personal computer was to snake a cable from the PC to my stereo system in another room. The setup gave me the pleasure of piping music throughout my ho...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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SANTANDER, SPAIN (Bloomberg) - Vodafone Group plc., the world's largest mobile-phone company by revenue, said proposed regulations for new fixed-line broadband services in Spain may hurt business.
Spain's phone regulator aims to promote competition a...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based MF Global Ltd., the futures broker that lost $141 million earlier this year on an unauthorised employee trade, appointed Michael Roseman as chief risk officer.
The hire comes about four months after chief executiv...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street succumbed to its ongoing angst yesterday, giving up a sharp advance and turning moderately lower after falling oil prices failed to calm the market's nervousness about the economy and the financial sector.
The Dow Jones in...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Dominion Petroleum Ltd. posted a much wider first-half loss, hit by litigation costs, but expressed confidence of an 'extremely bright future' for the company.
For the six months to June 30, 2008, the Bermuda-based compan...
DATE: Sep 03, 2008
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