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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pulled back sharply yesterday as investors dealt with disappointing earnings reports and rising concerns about the mortgage market. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 points.DuPont Co. was the Dow's biggest loser...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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Profits fell almost $7 million at Montpelier Re during the second quarter of the year to $50.7m, with gross written premiums down $108m year-on-year.
The company did however improve its combined ratio from 72.9 to 70 percent.
A massive $65m was spent...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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Bermuda’s bowling team struggled to come to terms with the synthetic surface of the lanes at Barra Bowling and appealed for the Island’s archaic wooden lanes to be replaced.
But despite the handicap the quartet are confident of improved performances ...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown has dropped a legal action against the Island’s media - but launched another one against The Royal Gazette, its sister paper and an Opposition-supporting Internet blogger.
The first writ for libel and slander was issued last month...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — With lines snaking around Apple stores and hype in overdrive, the iPhone seemed like a good investment — not for keeping but for reselling.There are, after all, plenty of examples of popular products in short supply attracting huge pr...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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NEW YORK — As a TV critic with national exposure, I’m constantly swamped with hundreds of e-mails from my reading public.Which is to say, I get a scattering now and then.
Except, of course, when no one writes at all.
Then what clogs my inbox are anno...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Turkey faces a potential “triple whammy” of blows to its European Union membership bid later this year unless re-elected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan moves quickly to enact human rights reforms, EU diplomats say.Ankara’s accessi...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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Auditor General Larry Dennis is investigating how faith-based tourism boss Andre Curtis is contracted to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars.
Mr. Dennis yesterday said he suspects a list of ten events — provided by under-fire Mr. Curtis...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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Tim Smith
Five people were arrested on suspicion of impaired driving over the weekend and nine burglaries were reported: one in Smith's, one in Devonshire and one in Pembroke and two apiece in Paget, Southampton and Sandys.
Police said they also received repor...
DATE: Jul 25, 2007
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Veteran batsman Clay Smith is showing signs that he is rounding into good form with Cup Match just around the corner.
At the weekend the former national team skipper repaid the St. David’s selectors for showing good faith in his batting ability at Lo...
DATE: Jul 24, 2007
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Colin Thompson
