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nuclear submarine trapped in the Barents Sea.
The fibre-optic cable company sent one of its submarine rescue units to help in attempts to rescue the crew of the crippled Russian submarine Kursk which sank on Saturday in the Arctic Ocean.
"We are resp...
DATE: Aug 18, 2000
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position of senior vice president, private clients Americas, effective this October. He will also join the executive committee of the bank.
Mr. Howard joins BOB from Barclays Private Bank in London, where he was regional director for Europe and the A...
DATE: Aug 18, 2000
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Kingdom's most important railway chains.
The Shadow Strategic Rail Authority in the UK announced yesterday that three parties have been selected to bid for Britain's South West Trains franchise.
It said they are Stagecoach Holdings (the incumbent fra...
DATE: Aug 18, 2000
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Bank of Bermuda shareholders reaped the benefit of a stock offer yesterday which pushed the total value of shares held up by 14 percent, but saw the overall price of shares fall by $5.375. The new floated stock was issued as part of a bonus offered t...
DATE: Aug 17, 2000
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drop in second quarter and first half results.
The company said its earnings were hit hard by the European Union's decision to ban duty-free sales on international ferries last year and a $5 million increase in fuel costs.
For the quarter ended June ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2000
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The Bermuda insurance market suffered one of its worst years in 1999 according to analysts Standard & Poor's who conducted the Bermuda Insurance Survey 2000.
Earnings growth slowed in the local insurance market, fuelling buy-outs and sell-outs in a b...
DATE: Aug 17, 2000
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its ownership stake in GenesisIntermedia.com to 22 percent, and now owns nearly 1.4 million common shares of the Internet marketing and retail company.
Back in May, Ultimate reported holding a 7.74 percent stake, backed by approximately 0.4 million s...
DATE: Aug 17, 2000
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investment in Global Risk Exchange, an Internet-based property-casualty commercial insurance exchange.
The two companies are Oil Investment Corporation, the investment subsidiary of Oil Insurance Ltd., and Oil Casualty Investment Corporation Ltd., a ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2000
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The management of Bermuda's first e-grocery store has said that red tape from Government's Transport Control Department is hindering its business.
Just one week after bermudagrocer.com went online, management has said that TCD's decision to turn down...
DATE: Aug 16, 2000
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A recent study finding computer-based learning in the classroom doesn't seem to improve reading test scores -- and by implication learning -- will serve as ammunition for those who demand that schools "get back to the basics'' of teaching.
While the ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2000
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Ahmed Elamin
