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Tropical Storm Colin has now been downgraded to a tropical depression, but forecasters say it still remains a threat to Bermuda until it passes early this evening.
The Bermuda Weather Service said: "Strong, occasionally tropical storm force winds can...
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Car bombs take their toll
BAGHDAD – A series of car bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded scores in the Iraqi cities of Ramadi and Falluja, while the prominent governor of a northern province escaped an assassination attempt. – Page 8
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BERLIN (AP) - German insurer Allianz SE said on Friday that its net profit dropped 46 percent in the second quarter as lower gains on assets and investments outweighed an improvement in business and revenues.
Allianz, based in Munich, earned 1.02 bil...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadians have to eat in good times and bad, but they do not have to buy a new snowblower.
That is simple logic behind the rally in consumer staples during Bay Street's turbulent second quarter when economists started to fret abou...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Two studies show new ways to fix damaged hearts, one by turning structural heart cells into beating cells and another by restoring a primordial ability to regenerate lost tissue.
The two approaches need more work before they ca...
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Bermuda-based tech firm Ignition will be providing Digicel Cayman with its latest Virtual Office Cloud (IVOC™) service to enable the mobile phone provider to expand its business solutions portfolio.
The service is primarily targeted at the small to m...
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For the third time this season PHC beat Southampton Rangers in a game of huge importance.
This time Kyle Lightbourne's men put a huge dent in their rivals title hopes, and no matter how you look at it, PHC have got Rangers' number.
"There is somethin...
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Butterfield Bank is on the road to recovery and hopes to end the year with a return to profitable growth, says chief executive officer Bradford Kopp.
Last week, the bank scraped a second-quarter profit of $200,000, with its revenues continuing to be ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London insurer Catlin on Friday reported a steeper than expected slide in first-half profit, hit by the BP oil spill, the Chilean earthquake and currency fluctuations.
Bermuda-based Catlin had a pretax profit of $86 mill...
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Bermuda-based Enstar Group Ltd. reported a more than 40 percent rise in net earnings for the second quarter.
The company, which specialises in acquiring and managing insurance and reinsurance companies in run-off, posted profit of $12.4 million, or 9...
DATE: Aug 09, 2010
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