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Dear Annie: I have raised my grandson since he was an infant. He is 24 now and doing well. Our daughter (his mother) passed away when he was 12. He does not remember his father.
All these years, we had no idea where his dad was. Our grandson claims t...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Marriott International Inc., the largest US hotel chain, plans to take a third-quarter pretax charge of $760 million in its timeshare business as the economic slowdown cuts leisure travel and investing.
The company will cut p...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Scott Hamilton will skate on TV for the first time since battling a brain tumour, joining fellow Olympian and cancer survivor Dorothy Hamill for a special intended to inspire viewers to triumph over illness.
'Kaleidoscope', airing ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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Government has long been seen as a safe job for black Bermudians. In his latest report on the wealth gap between blacks and whites highlighted in a recent survey, Matthew Taylor asks: Is it time to get out of the comfort zone and seek far greater for...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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Review by Hephzibah Anderson
"Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography" is published by Macmillan in the U.K. (1,096 pages, 25 pounds). It will be published in the US in October by Knopf, under the title "The Queen Mother" ($40).
(Blo...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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Spanish Rock was renamed Portuguese Rock yesterday in a ceremony attended by dignitaries from Bermuda and Portugal.
The ceremony was held at the rock, which was engraved almost 500 years ago, at Spittal Pond.
Minister of Culture Neletha Butterfield a...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland will be taken off the OECD's list of tax havens after the country signed the required 12th tax deal yesterday, the Swiss finance ministry said.
"With today's signing of the new double taxation agreement with Qatar by Pr...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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The importance of carrying out a successful performance appraisal will be the focus for a seminar held at the Bermuda Insurance Institute next month.
The one-day workshop, which will be run by Paul Loftus, Montreal-based industrial/organisational psy...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - A surprise drop in home sales and another slide in oil prices pushed investors to sell stocks yesterday.
Stocks slid for a second day after the National Association of Realtors said existing home sales fell 2.7 percent in August compa...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) rose by 8.22 points (0.35 percent) to 2,375.37 yesterday.
A total of 6,740 shares worth BD$37,000 and 854 shares worth US$9,863.70 were traded during the day.
Butterfield Bank traded 6,440 common shares to open ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2009
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