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HOUSTON (AP) — One of the key prosecution witnesses whose testimony helped convict former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and company founder Kenneth Lay was sentenced Monday to 27 months in prison.It's been nearly three years since Kenneth Rice, 48, the ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2007
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If you want to know what to go and see while in St. George's or the eastern end of the Island there can't be many better people to think of asking than former mayor and town crier E. Michael Jones.
His Caffe Latte cafe in Water Street has long been a...
DATE: Jun 19, 2007
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Although two stocks fell and one rose, the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange moved into positive territory with a 13.39 point (0.26 percent) advance to 5,160.27.
Butterfield Bank shares were the gainer, climbing to a new 52-week high of $60.50 a...
DATE: Jun 19, 2007
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NEW YORK(Bloomberg & Business Wire) — Merna Reinsurance Limited plans to sell $4 billion of so-called catastrophe bonds to transfer some of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.'s natural disaster risk to debt investors, according to Fitch Ratin...
DATE: Jun 19, 2007
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MAURITIUS(Bloomberg) — Mauritius may sell stakes in several state-owned companies, including Mauritius Telecom and the State Insurance Company Ltd., and use the proceeds to retire debt or build new infrastructure, Finance Minister Rama Sithanen said....
DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wham-O Inc. changed the name of the Pluto Platter to Frisbee 50 years ago yesterday, flinging a new word into American culture that still conjures images of carefree fun in the park and breezy days at the beach.And to think Walte...
DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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NEW YORK(Reuters) - Signs of an improving economy may have dashed hopes for an interest-rate cut, but the potential for better profits may whet the appetite of stock market investors.If corporations signal that business conditions are looking better ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration of US President George W. Bush announced last Friday that it was tightening controls on exports to China of a range of high-tech products that could be used by China's military.The new regulation, which is schedul...
DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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DUBAI(Bloomberg) — Islamic Arab Insurance Company, the world's largest Islamic insurer, said its Saudi unit will start trading on the kingdom's stock exchange today.Saudi IAIC for Cooperative Insurance Company, known as Salama, sold a 40 percent stak...
DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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Bermuda registered Orient-Express Hotels, owners or part-owners and managers of 49 luxury hotel, restaurant, tourist train and river cruise properties in 25 countries, has named James B. Hurlock non-executive Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Hurlock succee...
DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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