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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended a higher on Thursday, as stronger metals and energy prices boosted the index's resource sectors, while financial stocks rebounded from weakness in the previous session.
"Commodities are better, and...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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In the last four years almost ten percent of Bermuda's population have been arrested or suspected of at least one crime.
It's a staggering statistic and while critics have questioned whether the Island gets the most out of its Police manpower, recent...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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The New York City borough of Manhattan last week honoured Bermudian motivational speaker Dennis Rahiim Watson with one of its highest honours.
Manhattan Borough president Scott Stringer declared December 23 "Dennis Rahiim Watson Day" in honour of his...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is likely to make a strong showing in the final week of 2009 as the bulls gear up to toast the first annual advance for US stocks in two years on hopes of more economic stability in 2010.
The US stock market's resilie...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have paid tribute to former Dominica, Windward Islands, Combined Islands and West Indies fast bowler Grayson Shillingford, who died last Wednesday. He was 65 years old.
Dr Julian Hunte, President of the WICB, hail...
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) - R Allen Stanford, the accused Ponzi mastermind, will not be released from jail before his fraud trial in 2011, a US judge ruled after reviewing a doctor's report that the financier is close to "a complete nervous breakdown".
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DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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Bermudian Lonnie Bascome has always wanted to be a pilot for as long as he could remember, flying was something he wanted to do.
Now fresh out of school, Lonnie is ready to take on the world, one flight at a time.
The 25-year-old attended Florida Air...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – As many as 42 percent of women who are at intermediate or high risk of getting breast cancer decide not to get recommended MRI screening, even if it is offered for free, US researchers said last week.
A quarter of the women in the...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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Families in need or those affected by a spate of recent shootings are being offered help over the holidays.
Government agencies are on hand to ease the burden of the bereaved, offering emergency aid, counselling and food baskets, according to Governm...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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A federal appeals court in New York has upheld a lower court's ruling that threw out a lawsuit alleging that failed Bermuda-based reinsurer PXRE Group Ltd. deceived investors in reporting 2005 hurricane losses, according to a report by Business Insur...
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