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BERLIN (AP) — With oil prices on a record flight path, the global aerospace industry will be focusing on improved efficiency and developments in alternative fuels at the International Berlin Air Show this week.
The gathering — known formally as the A...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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For the last two years, Bermuda Yacht Services Ltd. (BYS) has worked to help Bermuda's boaters, and now they're trying to put Bermuda on the map for superyachts.
Superyachts, or mega-yachts, are yachts over 80 feet long, many of which are staffed by ...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Index fell below the 5,000 mark last week as financial, insurance and transportation stocks slipped slightly.
The Bermuda Commercial Bank's share price fell $1 over the five days of trading to close on...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Airbus faces risks in the development and stepped-up production of two new plane programmes: the superjumbo A380 and the A400M military transport aircraft, the CEO of Airbus parent EADS said yesterday.
"There are still s...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — MBIA Inc., Ambac Financial Group Inc. and the rest of the bond insurance industry will have to disclose troubled securities they insured and set aside money for them sooner under new accounting rules.
The Financial Accounting S...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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Greymane Contracting Ltd. announced the appointment of its new associate Geoffrey Law to the position of assistant quantity surveyor.
Mr. Law, who used to work for Woodbourne Associates Ltd., came to Greymane two months ago, and is one of very few Be...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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Finance Minister Paula Cox has said the Ministry of Finance will file a submission to the recently announced UK House of Commons Treasury Committee inquiry into offshore financial centres.
"The Ministry of Finance submission will highlight Bermuda's ...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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CHAMPAIGN, Illinois (AP) — When Martin Barbre got his first look three years ago at a system that would drive his tractor for him, he didn't buy the device — or the premise that it would cut costs on his farm.
"When they first came out with them and ...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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A Greenrock consultant is importing solar panels in the hopes that Bermudians become more environmentally aware.
With oil prices regularly hitting record highs, the price of electricity is rising as well, and Tim Madeiros believes solar energy will b...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — UBS AG, the European bank hardest hit by the US sub-prime contagion, fell the most in more than two months in Swiss trading after saying it may face more losses from mortgage securities.
UBS declined 1.74 Swiss francs, or 5.8 per...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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