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WASHINGTON (AP) — US researchers say they have found evidence that the Egyptians spiked their wine with medicinal herbs as long as 5,000 years ago.
A chemical analysis of pottery dating to 3150 B.C. shows that herbs and resins were added to grape win...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc., buoyed by better-than-expected earnings and a 54 percent gain in its stock price, raised $5 billion in a share sale to help repay $10 billion in government rescue funds.
The bank said yesterday it sold...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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Rodney Trott, the Bermuda off spinner, was a relatively unknown when he arrived in South Africa last month.
But in a matter of weeks much of that has all changed as the youngster has made a name for himself at the Associate level with his uncanny abi...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. fell 10 cents (1.63 percent) as The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) dropped 3.79 points (0.19 percent) to its lowest level since December 2000, yesterday.
The insurer closed the day at $6, with 4,200 shares ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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Congratulations to Andrew Bascome's Boulevard Blazers who were the deserved winners of the FA Cup final after beating Dandy Town Hornets at the weekend.
The Blazers players seemed to relish the big occasion and probably took Hornets by surprise, star...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The dramatic rescue of an American sailor from Somali pirates by the US Navy this weekend will likely make marine insurance more expensive, not least because the killing of three pirates could lead to an escalation of violence aga...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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More than 100 less than happy Butterfield Bank shareholders yesterday gave the go-ahead for a $200 million capital raise through the sale of preference shares guaranteed by the Bermuda Government.
The plan, designed to give the bank a "capital cushio...
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Jonathan Kent
Tributes have been paid to billionaire American International Group businessman and philanthropist Ernest Stempel who died on Monday aged 92.
Mr. Stempel, a native New Yorker, gave away millions to local charities and schools during decades at the in...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart patients who become depressed have a higher risk of developing heart failure, regardless of whether they take antidepressants, US researchers said yesterday.
They said the study is the first to look at whether depression rai...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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David Hemp
(specialist batsman)
By far Bermuda's most valuable player and consistent batsman on tour.
After a slow start, Hemp struck form with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 76 against Denmark, an unbeaten 107 against Kenya, 81 against the Netherlands...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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