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NEW YORK (AP) — With Christmas only a month away, American consumers became more pessimistic about the economy in November, sending a widely watched barometer of confidence to the lowest level in two years amid worries about rising fuel costs and a h...
DATE: Nov 28, 2007
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Get ready for internet gridlock according to a dire warning issued by a US analyst firm.
In an research paper, Nemertes said the limits of internet capacity will be reached by 2010, marking a stifling of innovation on the web.
For the study Nemertes ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2007
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. dropped five cents (0.3 percent) off its share price to close at $14.95 on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The insurance firm traded 9,516 shares, while Butterfield Bank were the only other co...
DATE: Nov 28, 2007
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The Association of Bermuda Companies has given Bermudian students a boost by raising a record $575,000 for new scholarships.
ABIC, which represents more than 130 international companies in Bermuda, funds and operates the Island's largest post-seconda...
DATE: Nov 28, 2007
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The Centre for Leadership's Women in Leadership conference on December 5 at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel is almost sold out.
Kendaree Burgess Fairn, secretary of the centre, said, "The CFL is pleased at the tremendous response to our Women in Leade...
DATE: Nov 28, 2007
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A new undersea internet and telecommunications cable to end the current duopoly of Cable & Wireless and TeleBermuda International is scheduled to go into operation by 2010.
Three rival Bermuda communication companies who clubbed together earlier this...
DATE: Nov 28, 2007
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JOHANNESNBURG (Bloomberg) - Aquarius Platinum Ltd., a miner of platinum and palladium, said a contract miner died on November 24 at its Everest mine in South Africa after a "fall of ground" accident 80 meters (263 ft) below surface.
Normal operations...
DATE: Nov 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street sold off sharply yesterday as concerns about a weakening credit market wiped out investors' enthusiasm about strong retails sales over the holiday weekend. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 240 points.
The Dow's...
DATE: Nov 27, 2007
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East End Group has amalgamated with one of Bermuda's longest serving telecommunications groups, Telecommunications Networks.
Telecommunications Networks, more popularly known as Telecom, has been in operation for more than 40 years, serving commercia...
DATE: Nov 27, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Aurigen Re Capital Ltd., a Canadian reinsurance company, said it raised C$500 million ($508 million) from investors including billionaire George Soros to begin operations.
The insurer raised money from four buyout funds, includi...
DATE: Nov 27, 2007
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