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Musings on mothers: Mothers have an incredible physiological uniqueness, yet to be duplicated by the male species in spite of a recent media article about male pregnancy — the individual in question had a sex change operation from female to male. Whi...
DATE: May 10, 2008
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A small backlog of letters has accumulated, and we will deal with them now, while they're fresh in my inbox.
The first subject that drew readers' attention was last week's rant about tax bullies, in which I attempted to even-handedly dismiss as fasci...
DATE: May 10, 2008
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd.'s shares yesterday fell 45 cents, or 2.65 percent, to $16.50 by the close.
While 1,479 shares of Belco Holdings Ltd. and 1,600 shares of Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd. were traded, there was no impact on the value of the shar...
DATE: May 10, 2008
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Using a credit card reminds me of gambling in Las Vegas. When you walk through the casinos, people are shrieking as their slot machines pay off or they get a lucky roll at the crap table. You may see the occasional blackjack player sitting in front o...
DATE: May 10, 2008
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Kentucky Fried Chicken Ltd. saw its share price drop 25 cents yesterday.
The fast food joint popular with locals saw a 100 shares traded throughout the course of the day. It finished at $7.25.
Meanwhile insurer BF&M saw its share price rise 50 cents,...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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Belco's consolidated net earnings for last year fell 5.64 percent, despite a big increase in fuel costs for customers over that period.
The utilities company saw its net earnings drop to $20.4 million in 2007 from the $21.6 million the previous year....
DATE: May 09, 2008
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Companies and CEOs will be able to see first hand a revolutionary new way of communicating courtesy of Microsoft at a conference held in Bermuda next week.
The Office Communications Server (OCS), which combines back office Microsoft products such as ...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Security Capital Assurance Ltd., which stopped writing new business after being stripped of its AAA bond insurer rating, posted a $96.8 million first-quarter loss.
The loss amounted to $1.51 a share, and compares ...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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Orient-Express Hotels Ltd posted a wider first-quarter net loss as several of its European hotels were closed and while other tourist operations did not operate for most of the "traditionally loss-making" period.
The Bermuda-based leisure company, wh...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Starr Foundation, controlled by former American International Group (AIG) chief executive Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, has sued the insurer, claiming it misrepresented its exposure to credit default swaps.
The lawsuit, filed on ...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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