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Internet users in Bermuda pay amongst the highest prices to receive some of the slowest connectivity in the developed world, according to new comparisons.
If you live in Japan the cost of broadband internet per megabit per second works out at $0.22, ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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FALLS CHURCH, Virginia (AP) — For about a week my six-year-old son, Mark, was having a grand old time on Webkinz, one of several children's web-sites that have exploded in popularity in the last year or so.Then it dawned on him. His online pet, a gor...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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The price of gasoline is set to rise to 181.10 cents per litre, up by 4.7 cents/litre following the Ministry of Finance's latest fuel price announcement. The new prices, which came into effect on Monday, have also seen diesel increase by 3.1 cents/li...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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Bermudian tradespeople are being given a helping hand to get fully qualified thanks to a new scheme launched by Government.
The National Training Board's (NTB) meeting for automotive technicians last week to discuss the National Occupational Certific...
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"BERMUDA has the best internet price in the world," proclaims the latest bulletin from the Computer Society of Bermuda, with tongue firmly in cheek. Some wag who sends out their regular postings has compiled the latest Organisation for Economic Co-op...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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British Airways (BA) have launched a summer seat sale of $329 for a one way ticket from Bermuda to London. Roundtrip midweek fares are $658 when booking seven days in advance and will be valid for sale until September 5.
But the true cost of the tick...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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Bermuda-based MF Global is aiming to raise nearly $4 billion this week in what would be one of the richest initial public offerings in US history.
The brokerage unit of huge hedge fund manager Man Financial, could eclipse the IPO of The Blackstone Gr...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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A nifty box of wireless internet tricks has arrived in Bermuda, courtesy of CellularOne.
First announced earlier this year, the MV 420 3G Gateway device has gone on sale at CellularOne, allowing the telecommunications company to steal a march on its ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's second largest supermarket chain apologised yesterday for criticising the publisher of the Harry Potter books, ending a dispute that had threatened to keep J.K. Rowling's latest volume off its shelves.Asda, owned by Wal-Mart S...
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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IRMA EnviroTec Holdings Ltd. has been delisted from the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The BSX took the move because of the company's failure to pay BSX-related fees.
DATE: Jul 18, 2007
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