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Entertainer Tony Brannon has put his home studio up for sale ? lock, stock and barrel.
For $125,000 the singer and musician is prepared to part with the state-of-the-art Blue Clouds recording studio that was created only two years ago.
One thing he d...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Bermuda is a ?sophisticated, well-run financial centre? and is good for the global financial system, according to world-renowned financial publication The Economist.
The Island features in a positive way in a lengthy special report on offshore financ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world's second-biggest oil-tanker company, said fourth-quarter profit rose 0.6 percent after it sold an oil tanker for a gain of $59 million.
Net income was $134.6 million, or $1.80 a share, from $133.8 million, or $...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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The World Bank and Caribbean nations, along with Bermuda, have taken a further step towards the creation of a new fund to insure island nations against hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Representatives from the Caribbean countries, along with P...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two potentially loaded words may tell the tale about whether JetBlue’s new “Customer Bill of Rights” truly helps to restore its reputation after an operational meltdown.
Littered throughout that proclamation are the words “controllabl...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Wendy’s International Inc. said that sagging sales will force it to close the restaurant where the United States’ third-largest hamburger chain began in 1969.The iconic restaurant, filled with memorabilia and photographs of the ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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Bermuda reinsurer RenaissanceRe is to provide funding for a research machine that will be capable of replicating the conditions created by a category four hurricane in a laboratory environment.
The company, through its US affiliate WeatherPredict Con...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — This week on Wall Street will be all about American consumers, and whether their spending habits are strong enough to support a steady advance in stocks.Investors have already had an earful from the Federal Reserve about its stance on...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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Farmland from Iowa to Argentina is rising faster in price than apartments in Manhattan and London for the first time in 30 years.
Demand for corn used in ethanol increased the value of crop land 16 percent in Indiana and 35 percent in Idaho in 2006, ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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A chance meeting at the Pompano Beach Club led to a music distribution deal with a US rap artist for a young Bermudian entrepreneur.
McCal Roberts, the owner of Mac10 Records, who works as a waiter at the Southampton hotel, met rapper Doctor Ice when...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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