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The second largest training tall ship in the world – the distinctive black and white Russian Kruzenshtern – will visit Bermuda in June.
The 375ft four-masted barque has signed up to take part in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009 and will come to...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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(Bloomberg) – Consumers should avoid eating products containing peanut butter until authorities find out more about a salmonella outbreak that may have caused the deaths of six people, the US Food and Drug Administration said.
"We urge consumers to p...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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Yesterday we witnessed a great American tradition – that of the orderly transfer of power from one President to another, from one administration to its successor – and, in this case, from one political party to another.
The ability to change directio...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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The Bermuda National Squash Championships take place next month with last year's winners, women's national coach Denise Sommers and former professional Patrick Foster, again among the favourites to win the tournament.
There will be four divisions aga...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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LUXEMBOURG (Bloomberg) - Sony Music Entertainment can claim the rights in Germany to some of Bob Dylan's most famous songs, including "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Mr. Tambourine Man", the European Union's (EU) highest court said.
The European Court of ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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A Bermuda Police Service employee who stole a cell phone has been given a conditional discharge and sentenced to 50 hours community service.
Last month, station duty officer Kizwanda Van Putten, of St. George's, was found guilty of stealing a BlackBe...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Validus Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced that it has increased its estimate of the net adverse effect from Hurricane Ike by around $70.1 million to a total $235.1 million.
Validus chairman and chief executive officer Ed Noona...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Britain and Guernsey have agreed to share more banking information as Prime Minister Gordon Brown seeks to crack down on UK residents who avoid taxes.
"This new tax information exchange agreement represents a significant step in ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The UK's inflation rate fell the most since at least 1997 in December as tax cuts and the deepening recession eased price pressures across the economy.
Consumer prices rose 3.1 percent from a year earlier, compared with 4.1 perce...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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Forty-five road accidents took place in the week ending Monday, January 19, of which 11 resulted in injury.
Four people were arrested on suspicion of impaired driving in that week, while ten vehicles were stolen, four of them in Pembroke.
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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