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PRANKSTERS: Textless keyboards. Bottomless paper clip holders. Sticky notes blanketing the entire cubicle.
Most who've worked in an office can say they've either terrorised their colleagues with office pranks or been the victim of at least one hoax. ...
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LOS ANGELES (Bloomberg) - Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3, the 2007 loser in the fight for second place in video-game console sales, is gaining ground on Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360.
The PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 in the US in the first five months...
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SAO PAULO (Bloomberg) - Bermuda reinsurers XL Re and PartnerRe are leading the rush to Brazil to capitalise on the biggest deregulation of a market since China opened up more than six years ago.
Both companies have been approved to do business in the...
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A small percentage of web users were out of luck yesterday afternoon, as service went down. But most of the Internet service providers on the Island reported nothing wrong.
Cable and Wireless, Logic, TeleBermuda International and Transact Internet Se...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is moving closer to giving home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis and propelled foreclosures to record highs.
Chairman Ben Bernanke and h...
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HSBC, which owns the Bank of Bermuda, has been labelled the top bank in the world.
According to Banker Magazine HSBC topped the list because of its Tier 1 capital and profit before tax. It is the first time a non-US bank topped the list since 1999.
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said his government is ready to provide more help for households as the economic slowdown deepens, and held out the prospect of an end to soaring food prices.
Voters are deserting the ruling Labour Par...
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser and Bud Light, has agreed to a takeover by a giant Belgian brewer, a union that creates a global beer leader and brings to an end one of the most iconic names in American business.
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Willis North America chief executive officer Don Bailey yesterday called for the insurance industry to end contingent commissions.
Speaking at a public hearing in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Bailey told representatives of the New York Superintendent of In...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street extended its slump into yet another week yesterday as investors worried that even a safety net set up for mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac won't head off further troubles in the financial markets.
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