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Businessman Mark Byrne last night revealed that he quit as Board of Education chairman due to a lack of "political will" to improve public schools.
The Flagstone Re boss, who resigned just six months into the job, told The Royal Gazette: "While I am ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) — The receiver in the US Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against R. Allen Stanford asked a federal judge to approve the sale of a yacht, the Sea Eagle, which the financier bought in 1998 for $3.9 million.
"The yacht r...
DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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A recent report highlighted a huge earnings gap between blacks and whites in Bermuda. Matthew Taylorcontinues his look at the causes and today talks Bermuda Telephone Company CEO Edgar Dill who made it to the top, despite a humble background and ling...
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Archbishop of York John Sentamu is coming to Bermuda as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations next month.
Rev. Sentamu — the first black Archbishop of York and the second most senior cleric in the Church of England — was born in Uganda where he ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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DALLAS (Bloomberg) — H. Ross Perot Jr. said he began talking "chairman to chairman" with Michael Dell two years ago, relying on an old family friendship, before agreeing to Dell Inc.'s $3.9 billion buyout offer for Perot Systems Corp.
Perot and his f...
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MUNICH (Bloomberg) — Allianz SE, Europe's biggest insurer by market value, will remove its shares from exchanges in New York, London, Milan, Paris and Switzerland because more than 95 percent of trading occurs in Germany.
Allianz told the New York St...
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The Premier's executive aide Jamahl Simmons revealed last night that he was quitting at the end of the year — with the hope of running for the PLP at the next election.
The 38-year-old told The Royal Gazette he only ever planned to do the job for a y...
DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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Albert Jackson, husband of Shadow Health and Seniors Minister Louise Jackson, died yesterday following a year-long battle with cancer.
Mr. Jackson, 90, served as the first chairman of the Human Rights Commission and as Senate president for 11 years.
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DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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Kudos to Crystal Caves
September 16, 2009
Dear Sir,
It is always nice as a Bermudian to gain a new appreciation of our Island home when showing around a visitor who has never been to the Island, especially as the weather of late has left a little to...
DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Zurich Financial Services AG, Switzerland's largest insurer, has increased prices for North America businesses to compensate for a drop in investment income.
As interest payments from bonds, or yields, decline, "we need to make...
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