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LONDON (AP) — Budget airline easyJet reported a 62 percent jump in full-year net profit yesterday after it carried more passengers on more routes. But the company remained cautious about rising fuel costs in the future.
The carrier reported a net pro...
DATE: Nov 21, 2007
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SEATTLE/NEW YORK (PRNewswire via COMTEX) — If an influenza pandemic occurred this year, fewer than one-fifth of the approximately 13 billion vaccine doses needed to fully vaccinate the global population would be available within six months in a best-...
DATE: Nov 21, 2007
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Bermuda has moved a step closer to a more competitive market place for internet and international telecommunications after Government announced late yesterday that it is prepared to offer a consortium of domestic companies a licence to install a new ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2007
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It's been well documented — not that anyone ever questioned the idea — that when it comes to human interactions, men are from Mars, women are from Venus.
Men and women communicate differently, act differently and have different emotional needs. Manif...
DATE: Nov 21, 2007
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A leading executive of General Electric, one of the world's top five biggest companies, has met with Government to hear about Bermuda's requirements for more energy efficient products.
As someone whose own home is filled with energy saving products s...
DATE: Nov 21, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., maker of namesake firearms, dropped to the lowest since January after the US Supreme Court said it will consider whether individuals have a constitutional right to own firearms.
Smith & Wesson's st...
DATE: Nov 21, 2007
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BF&M Ltd. were the main drivers for a frantic day's trading on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The insurance company saw its share price soar 95 cents (5.1 percent) to close up at $19.50, with 9,500 shares traded.
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DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street resumed its slide yesterday as it absorbed a gloomy outlook for the banking sector as well as bleak news from the National Association of Homebuilders. The major stock market indexes each fell more than 1.5 percent, with t...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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PartnerRe's board has increased the company's repurchase authorisation by about 2.6 million shares, bringing its total up to five million shares. The company said the authorisation is a boost from the 2.4 million shares remaining from a programme ado...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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Bermuda's up and coming elections and the domestic issues impacting its reinsurance industry have received prime coverage in the UK publication Insurance Day.
It claims that while the relationship between local Bermudians and international businessme...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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