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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest private employer in the US, plans to stop paying staff there an additional $1 an hour for working Sundays, taking a bite out of its single biggest expense.
The move, which takes effect next year,...
DATE: Dec 08, 2010
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LONDON (AP) Sotheby’s is auctioning a rare copy of John James Audubon’s “Birds of America,” billed as the world’s most expensive book a treasure that could sell for $9.5 million.
One of only 100 or so remaining copies of “Birds of America,” the tome ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) US prosecutors won a $625 million forfeiture yesterday from accounts at JPMorgan Chase & Co traceable to a longtime associate of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff, according to court papers.
The office of the Manhattan US attorney ...
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Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva and his senior officers are believed to be planning a move into rented offices in Hamilton opposite the new $92 million police and court building.
The fourth floor of Veritas Place, at 65 Court Street, is being fit...
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The son of former Premier Sir John Swan was today named deputy chairman of the United Bermuda Party.
Nicholas Swan becomes one of three deputies alongside Montell Currin and Ed Bailey, following the party’s annual general meeting last night.
Janet Br...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto’s main stock index closed lower yesterday as retreating metals prices encouraged investors to take profits after the market’s recent run-up.
Half of the index’s 10 main groups were lower, with the hefty materials group, ho...
DATE: Dec 08, 2010
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Two sailors bound for Bermuda were rescued by the US Coast Guard yesterday.
The sailors, aboard the tall ship Raw Faith, found themselves in turbulent seas off Nantucket. The 188ft ship left Salem, Massachusetts on Saturday, but encountered high wind...
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8: A former Bermuda prosecutor has been charged with murdering his estranged wife in Australia — three years after she went missing.
Lloyd Rayney lived on the Island with his wife Corryn Rayney when he worked for the Department of...
DATE: Dec 08, 2010
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“Can you make some room?” yelled a man from the platform.
“Can we get through? We have seats!” screamed a frazzled traveller trying to bypass the compartment.
Another passenger surrendered and sat in the bathroom. I found a foot of empty space next t...
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8: A 54-year-old man was today in a stable condition in intensive care after a smash on Harbour Road.
At about 2.45pm yesterday, police and first responders were called to the accident, which happened near the junction with Highwo...
DATE: Dec 08, 2010
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