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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-domiciled Ingersoll-Rand Co., the maker of Thermo King and Hussmann refrigeration equipment, said profit will fall short of fourth-quarter and full-year estimates after key markets deteriorated faster than anticipated.
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DATE: Dec 19, 2008
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Lawyers gave their closing speeches yesterday in the trial of two prisoners accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent on a fellow inmate.
The prosecution in the case of Kenneth Burgess and Kamel Trott says even without DNA, there is enou...
DATE: Dec 19, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Nike Inc., the world's largest athletic-shoe maker, said second-quarter profit rose, helped by sales in Europe and Asia.
Net income climbed 8.8 percent to $391 million, or 80 cents a share, in the three months ended November 30...
DATE: Dec 19, 2008
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December 14, 2008
I FOUND some interesting new Bermuda titles in the book stores and they're just in time for Christmas.
Here are a few I found and picked up as stocking stuffers:
My Big Book of Jokes by Eva Hodgson.
Black Like Me by Mike Winfield a...
DATE: Dec 19, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bail for Bernard Madoff, alleged mastermind of a $50 billion fraud, should be revoked because he may flee, New York lawmaker Anthony Weiner said.
It would be a "mistake not to consider him a flight risk", Weiner, a Brooklyn Dem...
DATE: Dec 19, 2008
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services yesterday revised its outlook on Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. and OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. to negative from stable.
S&P said it affirmed its 'BBB' counterparty credit ratings on White Mou...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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Bermuda Archives Until December 21: 'A Very Manifest Alteration. The Life and times of Jemmy Darrell, 1793-1816' – exploring the legal status of free persons of colour in the age of slavery through historical documents written by and about celebrated...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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Christmas cards sent by the Premier to voters across Bermuda are being paid for out of the taxpayers' pocket it emerged yesterday.
The greetings featuring a colour picture of Ewart Brown and his wife Wanda Henton Brown have been blasted as wasteful b...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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Foster children referrals have increased as the economic crisis takes hold of the Island, according to one of Bermuda's charities.
According to Denise Carey, executive director of the Sunshine League Children's Home, the facility is struggling to cop...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales fell at their fastest annual pace in at least a quarter of a century in early December as the key Christmas season got off to a dismal start, a survey indicated yesterday. The Confederation of British Industry'...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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