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General Electric Co.'s (GE) second-quarter profit was sliced nearly in half, the company said on Friday, as the recession drove down earnings at its finance unit and smothered demand for its wide-ranging industrial goods.
Although earnings beat Wall ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Bermuda bond reinsurer Ram Holdings Ltd.'s first-quarter loss narrowed to $1.9 million, the company announced on Friday.
Ram suffered huge losses linked to the decline in value of the bonds it reinsures, especially mortgage-backed securities, during ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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DEAR DR. GOTT: As I read your column about Merkel cell carcinoma, chills went down my spine.
Just a year and a half ago, the family encouraged my father to go to the doctor because of a red bump on his shoulder. He said it didn't hurt at all and didn...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Crime is increasingly the biggest concern of Bermuda residents, following a spate of shootings and violence this summer.
Twenty-nine percent of voters — up from 21 percent — said crime was the number one issue facing the Island, in a poll at the end ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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DALLAS (AP) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed a civil insider trading lawsuit against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
While granting Mr. Cuban's motion, US District Judge Sidney A Fitzwater gave the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 30 ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Southampton Rangers 238
Bailey's Bay 212
Player-coach Janeiro Tucker hit a whirlwind ton and then combined with Dwayne (Sluggo) Leverock and Malachi Jones to take seven wickets to help Southampton Rangers beat Bailey's Bay by 26 runs in this Premier ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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[naviga:font color="BLUE"] Western Stars 136
Willow Cuts 138-2
Western Stars fielded just eight players and suffered an eight-wicket defeat against Cuts in First Division play at Somerset CC on Saturday.
Justin Robinson topped Stars' batting with 48...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Reinsurance rate increases are below expectations as the US economy prompts insurers to cut purchases and American International Group Inc. offers "competitive" prices to keep customers, FBR Capital Markets said.
"The economic ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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If the Corporation of Hamilton is doomed, then no one told its voters, who turned out in record numbers for an election in which every seat was contested for the first time in some years.
The vote also marked another kind of first; the election of an...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Thinking alike?
July 14, 2009
Dear Sir,
Are Bermudians of all races finally realising that 'people who look like me' are not always 'people who think like me'? I hope so.
PAS
Warwick
Change the leader
July 13, 2009
Dear Sir,
I address this letter t...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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