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With the Veendam now finished for the season, two cruise ships remain on this week's schedule.
The Explorer of the Seas, which docked at King's Wharf in Dockyard on Monday, sailed yesterday at 5 p.m. With 3,313 passengers and a crew of 1,184, the Exp...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc, the world's largest drugmaker, has agreed to buy King Pharmaceuticals Inc for $3.6 billion in a move to shore up earnings ahead of the looming evaporation of revenue from Lipitor, its biggest product.
Pfizer, which is...
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Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. said Joseph Taranto has rescinded his retirement plans and will stay as chief executive officer until the end of 2012.
With Mr. Taranto's about-turn, his planned successor, the company's chief operating officer Ral...
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This is the text of the media forum held with Premier Dr. Ewart Brown on Monday night at the Berkeley Institute Cafetorium. In places, questions are paraphrased.
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EB: Premier Ewart Brown
LF: LaVerne Furbert of The Worker's Voice
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Premier Ewart Brown has welcomed a change in leadership at Bermuda Football Association, following the governing body's recent annual general meeting.
And he said he thought that sailing should be considered one of the Island's national sports.
His c...
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Finance Minister Paula Cox is in Montreal along with 70 other female leaders for the International Women's Forum (IWF).
The conference will focus on Water, Wealth & Power for the Eco-Century and has attracted up to 1000 attendees.
Ms Cox said: "Montr...
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The Planning Department was to blame for much of the overrun on the Dockyard pier project, Premier Ewart Brown claimed at Monday night's media roundtable event.
And Dr. Brown said the pregnant dolphins — which cost taxpayers an extra $3.7 million to ...
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LISBON (Reuters) – A potential political crisis in Portugal that would worsen the country's debt woes is looming larger as the minority Socialist government and the centre-right opposition engage in a game of chicken over the 2011 budget.
The risks o...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) – US cable network HBO on Monday unveiled the cast for its upcoming financial crisis movie "Too Big to Fail," led by Paul Giamatti as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Ed Asner as investor Warren Buffett.
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The Ace Group will mark its 25th anniversary with a Global Day of Service on Friday next week.
The company's Bermuda employees will be among those all over the world giving their time to community service projects.
They will take part in demolition a...
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