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Bermuda reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. made a net loss of $55.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 as investment losses wiped out underwriting profits.
The loss broke down to 91 cents per share, compared to net income of $62.2 million, or 8...
DATE: Feb 12, 2009
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Scientists have found evidence in Bermuda's limestone that the earth's sea level was once more than 70 feet higher than it is today which may be critical for anticipating the possible effects of future climate change.
The clues for this ancient rise ...
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Composer, bassist, guitarist and percussionist – Winfield Davis falls into all those categories.
He left Bermuda for the United States many years ago, but will also be grateful for the early introduction to music the Island gave him.
Mr. Davis' early...
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XL Capital shares soared 61 percent yesterday as investors saw value in strong underwriting results and looked beyond the company's $2.6 billion net loss in 2008.
Despite a traumatic year for the company, in which it lost billions of dollars through ...
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Butterfield Bank dropped 10 cents (1.11 percent) to close at $8.90 on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 5,406 shares to close at $8.90.
The only other trader was Stevedoring Services Ltd., which saw 500 s...
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Almost 40 staff face losing their jobs at the Bermuda headquarters of insurer XL Capital this year, as the company looks to cut costs after losing $2.6 billion in 2008.
XL chief executive officer Michael McGavick told The Royal Gazette that a consult...
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Dear Annie: I am a single mother of a seven-year-old son who has a lot of anger problems. When "Ryan" was three, his dad and I split up. My ex just left in the middle of the night.
It was a month before Ryan saw him again, and when he did, Dad was sp...
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Today in Bermuda's history
In February, 1930 the first edition of The Bermudian Magazine was published.
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Thursday, February 12, the 43rd day of 2009. There are 322 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who'd claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beh...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) — US researchers think they now understand why some cancers grow back after radiation treatment.
They said a specialized type of cell known as a cancer stem cell has a protective mechanism that keeps radiation from damaging the DNA ...
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