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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks climbed to a record for a second day on speculation there will be more take-overs, after TXU Corp. accepted the biggest-ever leveraged buyout and Fortis Inc. agreed to buy a unit of Kinder Morgan Inc.St. Lawrence...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Maurice Ravel's gorgeous and evocative 'La Valse' is recognised as one of the most difficult pieces written for the piano. It was originally conceived and composed for orchestra, but the composer himself later wrote this version of the work for the p...
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A US Midshipman who died in 1815 from wounds caused when his ship President engaged the HMS Endymion in the war of 1812, has been remembered in a special ceremony.
Midshipman Richard Sutherland Dale, the oldest son of Commodore Richard Dale from Phil...
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He said they called him ‘the miracle man’ when he was in the hospital. What else would you call someone who sits up just when you’re sure they’ll die?
Bill Pearman is well known in the Bermuda community. The former owner and operator of Belvin’s Groc...
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Entertainer Tony Brannon has put his home studio up for sale ? lock, stock and barrel.
For $125,000 the singer and musician is prepared to part with the state-of-the-art Blue Clouds recording studio that was created only two years ago.
One thing he d...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Scott Neil
Bermuda is a ?sophisticated, well-run financial centre? and is good for the global financial system, according to world-renowned financial publication The Economist.
The Island features in a positive way in a lengthy special report on offshore financ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Jonathan Kent
The already cramped commercial corridor on Par-la-Ville Road may be getting as many as three additional office buildings in the coming months.
That’s if a legal row over the right to sunlight doesn’t get in the way.
The Bermuda Realty Company plans t...
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Bermuda College?s board of governors ?respectfully disagrees? with a recommendation its president should pay back thousands of taxpayers? dollars spent on utility bills and his membership of an exclusive club.
In its official response to a damning Go...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Tim Smith
It is a truism that Replies to the Budget are not easy to deliver, and Shadow Finance Minister Pat Gordon Pamplin had her work cut out last week.
That’s because the economy is in good shape, tourism appears to be recovering after years of decline, an...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Seniors were given some welcome news last night as Finance Minister Paula Cox made an order to raise pensions benefits by 4.5 percent.
Ms Cox announced that the basic contributory pension would go up from $826.07 per month to $863.23 per month, from ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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