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Bermuda-based energy mutual Oil Insurance Ltd. has been dealt a blow by Standard & Poor's, who put the company's A- financial strength rating under review with negative implications.
OIL announced last week that week that 12 shareholder members are ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Are we having a national conversation yet?Can we even settle on what the subject should be?
Events this month have sure given us plenty to talk about, and we’ve been talking up a storm. But to what purpose, other than to satisfy our n...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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Bermuda-based Orbis Mutual Funds will cease to use HSBC Bank of Bermuda as one of its administrative banks and is switching most of its funds to Citigroup by the end of this year.
The Fund made the announcement on its web-site yesterday, explaining t...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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An army of chainsaws took down about 50 casuarina trees over the weekend at the Alfred Blackburn Smith Nature Reserve on the South Shore.
Horsfield Landscaping donated its services to remove the trees, at the request of the Bermuda Audubon Society — ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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Dear Dr. Gott: I have three questions for you. I am a 65-year-old lady in fairly good health. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about five years ago, which I am learning to live with. 1. I was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy a year ago this month. Some o...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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The closure-threatened Medical Clinic was described as ‘vital’ just one year ago by medical officials.
In its Spring 2006 newsletter, PULSE the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) said the clinic was “vital” for many Bermudians.
And the newsletter further ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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BLACKSBURG, Virginia — Virginia’s governor said yesterday he may be able to close the loophole that allowed a mentally ill Seung-Hui Cho to buy the guns he used to kill 33 people at Virginia Tech, including himself.It was the worst mass shooting in m...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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An improvement in the value of Argus shares helped lift the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange 17.32 points (0.34 percent) to a close of 5164.7.
Insurance and pension company Argus was the only stock to show movement.
Shares in the group improved...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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Two sailors were brought back to Bermuda following a rescue operation 22 miles southwest of the Island. Marine Police rescue vessel MV Guardian was sent out to help the local pair stranded at sea near the eastern tip of Argus Bank late on Monday aft...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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The public debate over Southlands is being guided in a new direction.
The team of Bermudian developers who want to turn the historic green space into a cliff side resort have pored over tourism statistics and reviewed industry trends. And based on wh...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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