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Government plans to update e-commerce laws to ensure that they keep pace with technological advances.
Business Development and Tourism Minister Patrice Minors told MPs in the House of Assembly on Friday that the new laws will seek to provide a better...
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TODAY is Monday, November 29, the 333rd day of 2010. There are 32 days left in the year.
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In 1910, British explorer Robert F. Scott’s ship Terra Nova set sail from New Zealand, carrying Scott’s expedition toward Antarctica on what turned ...
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Former HWP employee Tom Nelmes has been named as the new chief operating officer of Bermuda Export Sea Transfer Ltd. (BEST Shipping).
Mr. Nelmes will start in the role on December 1.
BEST Shipping chief executive officer David Sousa said: “It is ind...
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Students need to take advantage of the Bermuda College for its high quality and low costs, according to former Education Minister MP Randy Horton.
Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Horton praised the “outstanding institution” for leadin...
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Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. plans to buy back about 15 percent of its own shares after it rejected a second takeover bid from Lloyd’s of London insurance market rival Beazley plc.
The Bermuda-based re/insurer will begin the repurchase if Beazley ...
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BRUSSELS (Bloomberg) - Ireland won approval for an 85 billion-euro ($113 billion) emergency-aid package as European finance ministers battled to contain the fiscal crisis.
Ireland will receive 67.5 billion euros from the European Union (EU) and Inter...
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NEW DELHI (Bloomberg) - Indian federal investigators are probing 16 billion rupees ($349 million) of loans extended by Life Insurance Corp. of India and LIC Housing Finance Ltd., said a finance ministry official who declined to be identified.
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DUBAI (Bloomberg) - Dubai may sell stakes in some companies to the public to reduce debt as the Persian Gulf emirate alters loan terms and restructures two of its main investment groups, Dubai World and Dubai Holding LLC.
“We are working on opening u...
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Bermuda has not escaped the knock-on effect of the current global economic situation.
As a direct result many businesses are seeking to reorganise staff structures and make cut backs in order to allow the business to continue through this period of e...
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith got her first taste of the challenge of being Education Minister on Friday when she announced the public schools system’s most recent test results.
The challenge? That it is difficult to deliver a clear message ...
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