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LONDON - Britain's top share index gained 0.7 percent, reaching levels not seen since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, as strength in heavyweight miners countered weakness in banks and oils.
At the close, the FTSE 100 was 35....
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, said it would freeze value added tax (VAT) on thousands of products in the new year.
The retailer pledged to keep VAT at 15 percent on items including TVs, iPods, toys and bikes, resulting in £12 ...
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In a sense, Bermuda seems to have lost its way as a healthy and sound community, even though many positive events involving young people are providing a ray of hope for the future.
Recent publicity of what can happen when a wrong turn is taken early ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he's staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career.
The artist returned to his hometown of New Or...
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Environmental campaigner Stuart Hayward has criticised the timing of two planning applications submitted just before Christmas.
Mr. Hayward, chairman of the Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce (BEST), said the holiday period meant peop...
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Dear Annie: My husband began getting a little too friendly with a female friend of ours. My husband seldom calls anyone, but he was finding reasons to pick up the phone for her.
I told him I wanted the phone calls to stop, and he agreed. But he lied....
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WASHINGTON (AP) – They're not your grandpa's hearing aids.
Today's newest models range from the completely invisible – it sits deep in the ear canal for months at a time – to Bluetooth-enabled gadgets that open cellphones and iPods for hearing-aid us...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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In Tomorrow's Gazette
SPECIAL – An opportunity to relive the key happenings of the past 12 months with a 20-page supplement looking back at the events and pictures of 2009 in Bermuda, from news to sport, and also important overseas events. Free insid...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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A St. George's man admitted breaking into Robertson's Drug Store in the town, but said he only did so because he was drunk.
Tyneko Trott, 24, of Southside Road, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to breaking into the drugstore on Christmas Eve and ...
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Owain Johnston-Barnes