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A church has presented $1,000 to a Bermuda charity the latest in a long list of gifts to organisations on the Island and overseas.
The Missions Committee of Wesley Methodist Church presented the money to the Salvation Army earlier this week.
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) — China axed some taxes for Taiwanese shipping lines to encourage more direct services to the mainland as relations between the two sides improve.
The exemption took effect from December 15, 2008, according to a statement posted o...
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LONDON (AP) — Mobile phone service provider Vodafone Group PLC said yesterday that its revenues rose 14 percent in the last three months of 2008 compared to the same period a year earlier, led by a 28-percent gain in its Asia, Pacific and Middle East...
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The Ministry of Works and Engineering this week stated that it had acted innocently when it built a road at Baileys Bay Cricket Club without planning permission.
This story first broke in December when the Development Applications Board rejected a re...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bermuda's business climate is getting chillier, so some multinational companies are seeking more hospitable locales — like wind-swept Ireland and snowy Switzerland.
In recent weeks, there has been an exodus of large companies inc...
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A 20ft power craft disabled off Tynes Bay Incinerator on the North Shore was rescued on Wednesday, January 28. A 911 call was received just after 12.30 p.m. and the fisheries vessel Sentinel responded and towed the boat to Spanish Point.
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A national survey was today launched to find out the needs of the blind and visually impaired.
The project, carried out by the National Office for Seniors and Physically Challenged, the Department of Statistics and Bermuda Society for the Blind, will...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd., the world's largest maker of security systems through its ADT unit, posted first-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates and spurred the biggest share gain in more than six years....
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Government has refuted a television news story which alleged an employee was in receipt of a contract for trucking services without it going out to tender.
The ZBM news broadcast claimed SGS General Trucking part-owned by a Ministry of Works and Engi...
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MUMBAI (Bloomberg) — Varun Shipping Co., an Indian carrier of oil and gas that counts BP Plc among its clients, gained to the highest in a month in Mumbai trading after 13 percent of its equity changed hands in a single transaction.
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