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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar and yen weakened on Friday as fresh government aid for US banks eased some investor concerns about stress in the financial sector, reducing safe-haven flows into the US and Japanese currencies.
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DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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During the month of February, The Bermuda Heart Foundation is sending out an all-points alert about a silent killer in our midst.
This fiend stalks anyone who sits still long enough to be caught.
Its modus operandi is often to tempt its victims with ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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Stinging nettles can pack a nasty wallop, but they also bring down fevers, and improve the symptoms of some diseases – according to Bermudian plant lore expert Nell Johnston.
Mrs. Johnston will be giving a talk for the Bermuda Botanical Society at th...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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The Bermuda National Standards Committee (BNSC) has welcomed four organisations as members.
Culture and Social Rehabilitation Minister Dale Butler praised each group for their efforts to become recognised.
"With the many challenges that the world is ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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A partially-blind seal which was rescued after being washed onto Bermuda's shores has died after two weeks on the Island.
The body of the ailing creature was found at Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) by acting principal curator Ian Walker on T...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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The Royal Gazette/ Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Index tumbled by three percent during a week in which the share prices of six companies fell, while none rose.
The BSX Index ended last week down 95.96 points (or 2.97 percent) at 3,221.08, its lowest p...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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Colonial Group International Ltd and its life/health and property/casualty operating subsidiaries have had their issuer credit ratings (ICR) of "a-", and financial strength rating (FSR) of "A-" affirmed by A.M. Best Co. The outlooks assigned to both ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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A flight from Puerto Rico to New York was diverted to Bermuda yesterday due to a passenger who was thought to be drunk — but on arrival the man was dealt with by medics rather than Police.
The 49-year-old was believed to be intoxicated and had to be ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
LONDON (Bloomberg) — The three-legged emblem on the red Isle of Man flag in Allan Bell's office has a motto that the British tax haven's treasury minister hopes stays true.
"Whichever way you throw me, I stand," Bell said.
That resilience is now bein...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco Electronics Ltd. lost a contract valued at $2 billion to build a statewide wireless network in New York to improve communication for the first teams to respond to emergencies or terror attacks.
Testing last y...
DATE: Jan 19, 2009
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