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NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about bad timing — or maybe not.Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Barry upgraded the stock of JetBlue Airways Corp. to “Buy” late on Wednesday, just as plane-loads of angry passengers were finally being freed after being trapped in je...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrials set new highs Wednesday when stocks extended their gains for a second day after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a Senate panel the economy should grow modestly this year and that he expects inflati...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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Bermuda Junior Golf Association (BJGA) have launched a major scheme at the grassroots level designed to introduce the sport to a broader cross-section of the community.
Having already produced the likes of Dwayne Pearman, Blake Marshall and Michael S...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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Former Ace Ltd. chief executive officer Brian Duperreault said last night he would have “big shoes to fill” when he takes over from Dr. James King as chairman of Butterfield Bank in April.
At a board meeting on Wednesday, Dr. King announced his inten...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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XL Capital chief executive officer Brian O’Hara yesterday described comments attacking Bermuda as a tax haven as “cheap political fodder”.
Speaking at a conference in New York, Mr. O’Hara also said he believed potential US tax changes in future were ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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DETROIT (Reuters) — DaimlerChrysler said yesterday it would cut 13,000 jobs at its Chrysler operation in North America and indicated it could sell or spin off the money-losing unit, which would unwind a troubled nine-year-old merger between Chrysler ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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Golf sensation Michael Sims and women’s elite triathlete Flora Duffy will be among the favourites to win the coveted Male and Female Athlete of the Year Awards at tonight’s annual ceremony at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel.
Sims qualified for t...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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Scheduled maintenance to an undersea high-capacity internet and telecoms cable running from Bermuda to the US may cause a slight slowness in data transfer in the middle of March.
The optic fibre cable operated by Brasil Telecom, which carries interna...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Autism is more common in the United States than anyone had estimated, affecting about one in every 150 children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported recently.CDC estimated that about 560,000 people up to ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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Last year Australian Paul Sheehan outlasted compatriot Michael Sim in a playoff to claim top honours at the $600,000 Jacob’s Creek Open in Adelaide.
This time around he might have his hands full of Bermuda’s own Michael Sims, who touched down on Aust...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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