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Shares in BF&M tumbled as the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange slipped 9.95 points (0.19 percent) to 5,138.22.
BF&M was the only mover as its shares lost 75 cents to close at $18.50 after 2,000 were traded.
Also in the insurance sector Argus Gr...
DATE: Jun 15, 2007
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BERMUDA’S success as a global financial centre will not suffer should the Democrats win the 2008 presidential election, US Congressman GK Butterfield believes.Four years ago prominent Democrats used Bermuda as a watchword to describe offshore tax avo...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Fatah’s old demons — lack of leadership, petty quarrelling, corruption — have contributed to its dismal showing in the fight against Hamas in Gaza.While the disciplined Hamas systematically built and hoarded weapons, Fatah ...
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THREE of Bermuda’s leading women athletes have qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships at the end of this year after a strong showing at the half-triathlon Eagleman race in Maryland last weekend.And sisters Kim and Deanna McMullen came sec...
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WOLFSBURG (Bloomberg) — Hans-Juergen Uhl, a former German lawmaker and labour leader at Volkswagen AG, was convicted by a German court after confessing that he used company money for prostitutes and lied to conceal his actions.The local court of Wolf...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — UK consumers' satisfaction with the Bank of England fell to a seven-year low in May after inflation accelerated to a record, a central bank survey showed.The balance of positive and negative replies to a question on how good a jo...
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Nabeel’s Song
(Random House, 344 pages)
by Jo Tatchell
IRAQ: Soldiers. Brutality. War. Futility. Secrets. The images of the dusty, war-torn land are all too familiar.Fortunately, in the biography Nabeel’s Song, journalist Jo Tatchell gives readers a ...
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BERMUDA’S young cyclists were this week given a work-out by US pro coach Jonathan Vaughters who stressed that dedication and effort were necessary if they are to follow in the footsteps of his team member Tyler Butterfield.And Vaughters said Butterfi...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Insurance companies are competing to sell no-frills health plans to a generation of so-called young immortals, Americans ages 18 to 34 who don't have medical insurance because they doubt they'll need it.Aetna Inc., WellPoint ...
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ATLANTA (Bloomberg) — Marriott International Inc. will work with Ian Schrager, who revived the concept of the boutique hotel 23 years ago, to create a chain with as many as 100 locations.Schrager will design and market the chain, while Marriott will ...
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