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Business people were yesterday grappling with the problem of planning for next Tuesday's public holiday to mark the funeral of Dame Lois Browne Evans.
The Cabinet decided at its meeting on Tuesday, following the death of former Progressive Labour Par...
DATE: May 31, 2007
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The risk of skills shortages, the loss of key personnel and succession issues are seen as the most significant threats to the operations of global companies, according to a survey of risk managers.
Human capital risk is now seen as more significant t...
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For an Island as reliant on internet connectivity as Bermuda the advent of deliberate cyberspace attacks of a magnitude that can virtually cripple a country — as experienced by Estonia earlier this month — is worrying.
Whether such an attack could be...
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) — Marathon Oil Corp., the fourth- largest US energy company, said appraisal drilling on its Droshky discovery in the Gulf of Mexico indicates a recoverable deposit equivalent to 80 million to 90 million barrels of crude.Production...
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ZBM TV news anchorman Gary Moreno has been linked with a possible move to the soon-to-air Government Information TV channel, and several of his colleagues are in the process of leaving Bermuda Broadcasting Company for higher paid jobs at the Governme...
DATE: May 31, 2007
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Three Bermuda law firms are among the shortlist of six for The Lawyer magazine's Offshore Law Firm of the Year award for 2007.
The selection of Cox Hallett Wilkinson (CHW), Appleby and Conyers Dill & Pearman reflects the growing strength of the Islan...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Barclays Plc, the UK's third-biggest lender, agreed to pay $10.9 million to settle a US regulator's lawsuit claiming the bank made millions of dollars in illegal profit trading bonds based on confidential bankruptcy data.The US S...
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LONDON - Britain's index of 100 leading shares ended lower but a turnaround in GlaxoSmithKline helped the index to rebound from the day's losses which had been driven by China's move to triple a share-trading tax.
The FTSE 100 closed at 6602.1 points...
DATE: May 31, 2007
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CHICAGO (Bloomberg) — Shareholders of Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest oil company, rejected a resolution calling on the company to cut greenhouse gases and voted to retain director Michael Boskin.A proposal for Exxon Mobil to develop a plan to...
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Investors kept their hands in their pockets when it came to buying and selling local stocks on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange, which remained stationary at 5,134.9.
Not one local share was bought or sold on an unusually quiet day for the ...
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