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"Received this promo. Is this legit?" asks a reader in Bermuda who sent me the following e-mail and probably should know better since there are so many warnings about scamsters on the Internet.
The e-mail she sent for my consideration was purportedly...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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The Auditor General was yesterday released from Police custody 24 hours after detectives investigating the leaking of documents over allegations of corruption at the Bermuda Housing Corporation raided his offices.
Police executed a search of the home...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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Shares of Butterfield Bank moved lower from a 52-week high as the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange dipped 13.32 points (0.26 percent) to close at 5,146.95.
The bank shares lost 25 cents (0.4 percent) to close at $60.25 after 1,457 were traded, ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Tyco International Lmited, the world's biggest provider of fire and security systems, may divest about 10 percent of its $20 billion portfolio after spinning off the health-care and electronics divisions.
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DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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The authorities mounted a challenge yesterday to the Chief Justice’s decision not to stop the media airing further material from a leaked Police dossier on the Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) scandal.
Mr. Justice Ground ruled on Monday that the rig...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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CALIFORNIA(Bloomberg) — Google Inc.'s YouTube, the most- popular video-sharing Web site, started nine local versions of the site in countries including Brazil, Japan and the UK to build its audience worldwide.Local sites have also been introduced in ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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Babies ‘smoke’ when parents doNEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Babies with at least one parent who smokes have five times as much cotinine, a nicotine byproduct, in their urine than infants whose parents are non-smokers, UK researchers report.“Our finding...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) — With eight-lane highways adorned by huge television screens advertising Sudanese companies, Khartoum does not appear to fit the image of capital of the world’s most failed state.But an index published by US-based Foreign Policy m...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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The Bermuda Housing Corporation affair could bring the issue of whistleblower legislation back to the fore.
More than a year ago, then Public Safety Minister Randy Horton pledged that a law to protect staff who highlight allegations of fraud and corr...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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The number of college students taking courses online is surging, creating a tough dilemma for educators who want to prevent cheating.Do you trust students to take an exam on their own computer from home or work, even though it may be easy to sneak a ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2007
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