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LONDON (Reuters) ? Europe?s biggest bank, HSBC Holdings, beat analysts? median forecast with an 18 percent rise in first-half profit yesterday, spearheaded by strong growth at its investment bank and in emerging markets.
The London-headquartered bank...
DATE: Aug 01, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Excess capacity in the global fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers will be at its highest this decade in 2008, as a growing worldwide fleet results in lower utilisation rates, according to Wood Mackenzie Consultants Ltd.
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MUNICH (Bloomberg) ? Hannover Re, the world?s fourth-biggest reinsurer, sold $150 million of so-called catastrophe bonds to help limit losses on claims that may arise from severe windstorms in Western Europe.
Hannover Re sold the bond to institutiona...
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With Bermuda churning out more garbage per person than the population of Manhattan it is not surprising to discover the man in charge of overseeing the removal and disposal of the Island?s mountains of trash is ?horrified? by the statistics.
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First-time mom Genelle John said she was about to completely give up on breast feeding when she called La Leche League for help.
“I made contact with La Leche because breast feeding was very painful for me. People said it would be at first but to sti...
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Next week residents will see an additional $1.46 taken from their weekly paycheque as pension contributions are set to rise.
The 2006 Amendment of Contributions and Benefits will come into effect on August 7. Yesterday, the Department of Social Insur...
DATE: Aug 01, 2006
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It’s funny how some things come full circle.
About eight years ago, when the United Bermuda Party was in power, the Bermuda Land Development Company unveiled plans to sell around 40 properties at Southside to first time homeowners.
The goal was prett...
DATE: Aug 01, 2006
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Shohreh Darooyan, 15, is at that difficult age when she is trying to decide on a career ? she either wants to do plastic surgery on children or groupers.
?I am hoping to be a plastic surgeon and work on children with cleft palates and that kind of th...
DATE: Aug 01, 2006
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Today is Tuesday, August 1, the 213th day of 2006. There are 152 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE
In 1714, Queen Anne died; she was succeeded by George I.
In 1894, the First Sino-Japanese War erupted, the result of a dispute over control of Korea;...
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None of the baby formulas in Bermuda claim to be as good as or better than breast milk.
There are a wide variety of formulas available and many boast the inclusion of DHA and ARA — proteins found in breast milk that have been proven to aid in sight a...
DATE: Aug 01, 2006
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