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In May 1948, the Bermuda Railway ceased oeprations. In the same month, Trans-Canada Airlines inaugurated its Montreal-Toronto-Bermuda service.
DATE: May 19, 2009
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A van driver accused of killing an American tourist and injuring her young daughter in a road accident expressed relief after prosecutors dropped the case yesterday.
Designer Flowers delivery man Harold Simons, 44, had been due to go on trial next we...
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Bill Hanckel will lay his Charleston to Bermuda Race (C2B) crown on the line when the seventh edition of the biennial event begins May 29.
Sailing aboard his father's J/120, EmOcean, Hanckel and his crew completed the 777-nautical mile cross on a cor...
DATE: May 19, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Validus Holdings Ltd slightly sweetened its hostile bid for IPC Holdings Ltd to $1.69 billion yesterday, in its latest attempt to wrest the Bermuda reinsurer from rival Max Capital Group Ltd.
Validus' new offer of $30.14 per shar...
DATE: May 19, 2009
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Reuters historical calendar - May 19
May 12 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to have occurred on May 19 since 1900:
1906 - The Simplon Tunnel opened, connecting Italy and Switzerland through the Alps.
1935 - T. E. Lawrence, known as...
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A woman faced indictable charges of due care when she appeared in Magistrates' Court.
Lynell Bettyann Blind was charged with causing Michael DePonte to suffer a fractured skull by driving in a reckless manner on March 28. She was also charged with ca...
DATE: May 19, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) — Reassuring news about housing and banking yesterday convinced investors to return to the stock market.
The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 235 points, making up three-quarters of last week's losses. All the major indexes rose abo...
DATE: May 19, 2009
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Butterfield Bank and Belco Holdings each gained nearly three percent yesterday to lead local stocks to a positive day of trading.
The bank rose 15 cents, or 2.9 percent, to $5.35, on the trading of 37,200 shares. Yesterday's gain means Butterfield ha...
DATE: May 19, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board, which sets US accounting rules, voted yesterday to adopt two rules that could force financial institutions to bring more off balance sheet assets onto their books.
The rules will take eff...
DATE: May 19, 2009
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Bermudians seeking testing for AIDS and HIV often fear community stigma so much they often go abroad.
Alicia Tallack, the organiser of the annual AIDS Walk Bermuda said this has to stop.
"That has to change," she said. "Think of all the money it must...
DATE: May 18, 2009
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