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LONDON (AP) — Oil executives sharply criticised President Barack Obama's six-month ban on deepwater drilling at a major industry conference yesterday, saying the world did not have enough other sources of oil to eliminate using deepsea rigs.
The mass...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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Total visitor spending increased by $800,000 during the first quarter of this year.
Between January and the end of March visitors spent $30.5 million on the Island, compared to $29.7 million during the same period last year. In 2007 visitors spent $6...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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Motorists caught using a cell phone while driving will face a $500 fine if new legislation tabled in the House of Assembly is passed.
Using hand-held devices or electronic entertainment devices will also warrant a fine. Also affected will be those pe...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S and 14 other shipping lines moved 24 percent more containers in May from the same month a year earlier on transpacific trade. Containers transported to the east and gulf coasts through the Panama Canal jum...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch court convicted five Somalis of piracy last Thursday and sentenced them to five years in prison for trying to hijack a ship from the Dutch Antilles in 2009, in the first such case to go to trial in Europe.
The Somalis ha...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Inc.'s ads used to challenge consumers to "think different". Now a website wants fans of the company's products to date different, too.
Called Cupidtino, an homage to Apple's home base in Cupertino, California, the site aim...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a watchdog panel on yesterday pressed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on looming losses for banks and foreclosure relief for struggling homeowners, as he assured them that taxpayers are recovering their investment fro...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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Fulham academy goalkeeping coach Vic Bettinelli has handed Bermuda Hogges' shot stopper Freddy Hall an open invitation to train with the English Premier League club in the future.
Hall was unable to work with Bettinelli because of a slight hand injur...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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Stephen Wright
Water from the A/C
June 18, 2010
Dear Sir,
I am a visitor to Bermuda (sailed solo from Fort Lauderdale) and noticed how much water goes to waste on the island.
Every air conditioner produces gallons of (distilled) water daily ... which I have yet to...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown has threatened to issue 100 temporary taxi permits due to poor service during this year's Newport to Bermuda sailing event.
Dr. Brown said the bi-annual race, which sees hundreds of wealthy sailors and their families visit the Isl...
DATE: Jun 23, 2010
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