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Bermuda is known for its generosity in times of need and today people Islandwide will be collecting funds to help the people of Haiti after last week’s devastating earthquake.
Last night Senator Marc Bean said the Bermuda Government is prepared, at t...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — As snow falls on the craggy peaks providing the stunning backdrop to this glimmering city on the Pacific, Vancouver prepares to welcome thousands of athletes and visitors from around the world for the 2010 Winter Ol...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Bermuda-based Validus Holdings Ltd. yesterday priced $250 million of debt in the reinsurer’s debut bond sale.
The coupon on the 30-year unsecured senior notes is 8.875 percent, the company announced last night, and the offering is expected to close o...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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The total number of imports to Bermuda increased by $2 million for the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period the previous year, despite the economic downturn which has hit the Island’s trade hard over the past year.
That is according to t...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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THERE can’t be too many, if any, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Premiers or other leaders who will be remembered for anything other than their contributions within the political arena.
But then again there aren’t too many in this world who have such a ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Dear Annie: My girlfriend recently told me, "I will never promise that I will always be faithful to you. I have seen too many people make that promise and not follow through."
To say this devastated me is an understatement. We were on the verge of bu...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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BEIJING (AP) — China shook off the global crisis as growth surged to 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009 but inflation picked up, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rising prices without disrupting the recovery.
Quarterly growth beat forecas...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Crime as a whole has gone down, according to Police statistics released this morning, but murders, robberies and sexual assaults have doubled compared to the same period last year.
Crime overall dropped by ten percent during the second quarter of the...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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TOKYO (AP) — Suzuki Motor Corp. must stick to what it does best — being a small-car maker — even as it forges an alliance with Volkswagen AG that will rank as one of the world's biggest auto empires, its chief executive said yesterday.
Last month, th...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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Vanessa James and partner Yannick Bonheur finished in seventh place in the pairs at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships this week in Tallinn, Estonia.
James, who attended Mount St. Agnes as a young girl and who has a Bermudian father, Kevin...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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