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The Argus Group is being sued in a class-action lawsuit in the US brought by a life insurance client whose policy's cash value plunged because of exposure to funds operated by disgraced financier Bernard Madoff.
The lawsuit, filed in New York on Tues...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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PartnerRe has donated $200,000 to support a sustainability programme devised by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS).
It will involve research into the local environment and resources with a focus on developing sustainable technologies and ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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WORLD on Wireless (WOW) has been "inundated" with calls from disgruntled customers of competitor CableVision after this week's "game of chicken" left viewers locked out of their favourite channels.
On Wednesday night CableVision pulled the plug on ZF...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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The Royal Gazette's website, www.theroyalgazette.com, has added new features aimed at making it more useful to readers.
In response to customer demand, obituaries and death notices are now easily accessible in a partnership with leading Internet serv...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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Channels 7 and 9 are back on air in CableVision households after Government stepped into the stand-off with the Bermuda Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
The Telecommunications Commission yesterday sought, and was granted, an injunction ordering the ca...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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Burglar's fingerprints led to his identification
A burglar has been jailed for two years after breaking in through the window of a house and stealing jewellery and cash.
Paul Williams, 40, admitted targeting the home on Oceanside Road, Southampton, w...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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Campaign worker Dr. Terrylynn Tyrell was on top of the world to see Barack Obama sworn-in as President of the United States in more ways than one.
Dr. Tyrell was so excited to see the Presidential motorcade go past in Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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THE Neal Bill for the Introduction of Reinsurance Tax Legislation was introduced in the US House of Representatives by Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat from Massachusetts. The Bill targets off-shore insurers like those based here in Bermuda, as w...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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Calling all of Bermuda's outstanding employers.
The Bottom Line Magazine has just launched its first ever Top 10 Outstanding Employers in Bermuda survey and is looking for the most exceptional organisations/businesses.
Among the areas that will be co...
DATE: Jan 22, 2009
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CableVision has dropped Channels 7 and 9, placing a question mark over the future of local television stations.
As from 5 p.m. yesterday the company switched off the Bermuda Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s ZBM and ZFB channels.
BBC CEO Bill Craig sa...
DATE: Jan 22, 2009
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