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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Beleaguered insurer American International Group Inc. could be split into at least three separate government-controlled divisions in an effort to save the business, according to a report yesterday by the Financial Times.
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DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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A sailing programme which has introduced thousands of children to the sport in its 50-year existence is in danger of being dropped because of Government's decision to slash the Bermuda Sailing Association's annual grant by $50,000.
The huge cut in sa...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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The Bermuda Festival production of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', which opened at City Hall on February 25 was a lavish, one might almost say extravagant, one. Cinematic in feel from the title projected on billowy gauze curtains at the beginning to the...
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Oil exploration machinery company Weatherford International Ltd. announced that it has completed its redomestication from Bermuda to Switzerland.
The company announced its intention to move its domicile in December.
Weatherford joins a group includin...
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Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members of the House of Assembly, it is my distinct honour to be able to represent the United Bermuda Party in officially responding, for the second time, to the Government budget presented last week by the Honourable Minister...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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The stage has been set for what will be a repeat of last season's final as cup holders PHC Zebras have been pitted against Dandy Town Hornets in a March 11 FA Cup semi-final at Somerset Cricket Club.
Zebras added to their glorious cup winning traditi...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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Colin Thompson
DETROIT (AP) — For General Motors Corp. nothing has stopped the bleeding. Not cutting 50,000 jobs in the US. Not closing 11 factories. Not $13.4 billion in government loans.
The teetering company, once the symbol of American industrial might, reveale...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — Allen Stanford's alleged offshore investment fraud snared dozens of people in Curacao and elsewhere in the Dutch Caribbean, a law firm said yesterday.
At least 50 people have registered with the HBN Law seeking help to reco...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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Shares of Bermuda-based Northern Offshore yesterday plunged 10 percent after the company announced a profit of $16.6 million for the fourth quarter.
On the same day the operator of oil and gas drilling vessels suffered a 10 percent drop in share valu...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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Police are getting between five and ten calls a night involving domestic violence, according to a local women's charity.
Kathy Harriott, executive director of the Women's Resource Centre (WRC), told The Royal Gazette: "It's not all violence against w...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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