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An American Charity has been formed to raise funds to support King Edward VII Memorial Hospital — a fund supported by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and led by a former Bermuda insurance executive, Jerry de St Paer, who worked for XL Capital...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014
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Learning. One of the challenges with education today is that it is very structured, standardised, and seemingly focused on turning out students who memorise well and are filled with facts. In our new world of rapid communication and access to informa...
DATE: Jul 15, 2014
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Digicel Bermuda commercial director Alistair Beak has been made the company’s chief executive officer, while outgoing CEO Wayne Caines has been appointed non-executive vice chairman of the board.
Mr Caines led the company for six years from a pure mo...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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Two young Bermudian men yesterday received a significant donation toward their education as winners of the third annual Ace Foundation scholarships.
Winner of the Robert Clements/ACE Scholarship, Deondre Trott, received a fully-funded four year schol...
DATE: Jul 11, 2014
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PwC Bermuda is hosting a student networking reception next Wednesday where university and college students can learn more about the firm’s HeadStart programme.
HeadStart is a programme that provides valuable professional development opportunities to...
DATE: Jul 11, 2014
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The World Bank has issued its first catastrophe bond — a $30-million deal providing reinsurance protection to an earthquake and hurricane insurance fund, whose beneficiaries are Bermuda and 15 Caribbean governments.
All 16 countries are signatories t...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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Bermuda-headquartered Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, has pledged a half a million dollars over the next five years to the Bermuda Hospital Charitable Trust “Why it Matters” campaign.
During a donation ceremo...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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Better. The other evening I watched a great discussion with some of golf’s elder statesmen. Gary Player was asked how he approached each tournament. His answer was very telling - “I was always in pursuit of better!” He explained that he felt there w...
DATE: Jul 08, 2014
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Offshore legal and fiduciary services provider Appleby has been named a finalist for three categories in this year’s Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Private Clients Awards, the firm announced yesterday.
Appleby has been shortlisted f...
DATE: Jul 08, 2014
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PwC Bermuda has hired 13 Bermudian interns for the summer as part of the firm’s HeadStart programme.
The students are gaining on-the-job training aimed at developing their professional and interpersonal skills, according to a PwC spokesperson. They a...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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