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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange Index finished unchanged yesterday after a quiet day of trading to end the week.
The only local stock to trade was 100 of the Butterfield Bank preference shares.
They changed hands for $1,200 apiece, meaning...
DATE: Oct 09, 2010
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Before I became an investment manager 13 years ago, I spent a decade as a reporter at the Wall Street Journal. I had a rival at another newspaper who frequently wrote about takeover rumours.
One day he filed a story saying that Coca-Cola Co. might bu...
DATE: Oct 09, 2010
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"Many a false step was made by standing still" — Fortune cookie
JOHN Barritt Opposition MP isn't just making this stuff up, Mr. Editor. The need for parliamentary reform is not unique to Bermuda. These are new winds of change sweeping their way throu...
DATE: Oct 08, 2010
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A high school student appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning to face a charge of sexually exploiting an 11-year-old.
The 17-year-old defendant, who appeared in his school uniform, was not required to enter a plea as the charge must be heard in S...
DATE: Oct 08, 2010
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged lower yesterday, backing away from early gains, as uncertainty built up ahead of a key report on the labour market.
The Dow Jones industrial average came within two points of 11,000 before turning lower for most of the da...
DATE: Oct 08, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Melissa Gilbert has ditched her 'Little House' sun bonnet for a virtual megaphone, joining newly re-branded The Partnership at Drugfree.org as celebrity spokeswoman.
Formerly The Partnership for a Drug-Free America – and perhaps bes...
DATE: Oct 08, 2010
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Bermuda's bees are dying off in record numbers, with experts claiming that more than 50 percent of the insects have disappeared over the past 12 months.
The Department of Conservation Services is now meeting with beekeepers to assess the catastrophic...
DATE: Oct 08, 2010
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American International Group Inc., the bailed-out insurance company, says it's poised to emerge as a "financially strong, independent company" once it repays the US government. That claim might be more credible if AIG started showing a truer picture ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2010
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A Bermudian fashionista was featured in the best-dressed section of Vogue magazine online during Fashion Week in Paris.
Shiona Turini, owner of www.stylebermuda.com was visiting Milan and Paris to view the Spring/Summer 2011 fashion shows this past ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2010
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A number of swim events will take place over the next two weeks – including two of the most popular in Harrington Sound.
The first of the open water swims – the Trunk Island Swim – will be held this Sunday, starting at 12.00 noon.
Organised by the Sh...
DATE: Oct 08, 2010
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