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Bermuda-based rum giant Bacardi Ltd. is cancelling a popular annual artisans' fair at its Puerto Rico distillery due to the global recession, according to Business Week.
The Bacardi Artisans' Fair had been held each December at the company's plant in...
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) - China Investment Corp. (CIC), the country's sovereign wealth fund, is continuing to shift its investments away from cash and is investing billions in hedge funds and private-equity funds, Chairman Lou Jiwei said.
China Investmen...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The last week of summer could prove to be anything but relaxing for stock investors worried about the economy, with the crucial August jobs report on the agenda.
Stocks eked out a second week of gains by Friday's close. Last week...
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A total of 162 young people and staff from the Seventh-day Adventist churches in Bermuda travelled to Wisconsin in the US to participate in the sixth International Pathfinder Camporee earlier this month.
The Pathfinder Club is a worldwide programme o...
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Encyclopedia of Life grows; clues on ageing, pests
Online project describes 170,000 species
Help for research in ageing, climate, spread of pests
OSLO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - An online encyclopedia aiming to describe every type of animal and plant on the...
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The Corporation of Hamilton has pulled the curtain on a troupe of termites who were eating up the City Hall Theatre stage, because local actors really were in danger of breaking a leg.
Dannilee Trott, Corporation of Hamilton event project manager, sa...
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There were no brothers left to give the eulogy for Senator Edward Kennedy, who was called to give so many.
The sorrow at his death is tempered by the fact that he got what so many in his family didn't, 77 years. At his nephew's funeral, Kennedy said:...
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Lasting benefits seen in gene therapy for blindness
Gene therapy treatment appears safe
Improvements in vision appear stable a year later
BOSTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A year after receiving gene therapy for a condition that causes total blindness by ag...
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[naviga:font color="BLUE"] Bailey's Bay 252-9
St. David's 231-4
Centurion OJ Pitcher's highest ever score ensured St.David's retained the Eastern Counties cup by drawing against Bailey's Bay at Sea Breeze Oval.
Pitcher's splendid 146 not out, part ...
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Stephen Wright
Today is Monday, August 31, the 243rd day of 2009. There are 122 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1980, Poland's Solidarity labour movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day-old strike.
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