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Crime figures dipped in Bermuda after a number of persistent burglars were arrested in the second half of 2006.
However, statistics show the number of burglaries throughout the year ? as well as the overall crime ? was slightly up on 2005.
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DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not as if Norah Jones had never written a song before.On her blockbuster debut, “Come Away With Me”, the alluring singer penned three tunes, two of which she wrote all on her own. But it was her interpretation of others’ music th...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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NEW ORLEANS — Urban planners yesterday presented a $14 billion blueprint for rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina that recommends keeping temporary facilities for clinics and schools in heavily damaged neighbourhoods for another two years, ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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The world?s second-biggest insurance broker Aon has announced that it had completed the acquisition of Footman James, a broker that specialises in providing cover for vintage vehicles.
Aon, which last week announced its new Aon Global Ltd. unit would...
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ACE Ltd. last night announced 2006 profits of $2.3 billion and fourth-quarter results which far outstripped experts? expectations.
Year on year, the business insurer?s fourth-quarter net income nearly tripled to $665 million, or $1.99 per share, comp...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — General Electric Company’s GE Capital Bank unit was fined $610,000 ($1.2 million) by the UK’s market regulator for failing to give customers enough information about a type of insurance policy it sells.Employees at the bank, whic...
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Microsoft’s long-awaited new operating system Vista was launched in the US yesterday and it should be available in Island retail stores by as soon as next Monday.
The product, the first new Windows operating system to be created by the world’s bigges...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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Crime figures dipped in Bermuda after a number of persistent burglars were arrested in the second half of 2006.
However, statistics show the number of burglaries throughout the year — as well as the overall crime — was slightly up on 2005.
There were...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Today middle and high school students will fill out surveys on their use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
The questions will ask about consumption patterns, where substance abuse happens, and the risk factors facing young people. The surveys are anoth...
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Gaming machines allegedly imported illegally were designed for gambling and were not amusement games, a former FBI agent testified yesterday.
Giving evidence at the trial of two men accused of bringing the machines to Bermuda via the casino ship, Wil...
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