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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) held steady yesterday, with no share prices changing value.
The Index as a whole opened and closed on 3,489.59, with a total of 9,718 shares worth $106,631.50 changing hands.
The only traders were ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — People who are paid to lose weight shed more than three times as many pounds as those who aren't, according to a study that researchers said may give insurers and employers a tool to make people healthier.
Study participants wh...
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A bill was passed in the House of Assembly yesterday allowing optometrists to diagnose and prescribe drugs to patients, a role traditionally held by opthomologists.
Health Minister Nelson Bascome read The Optometrists and Opticians Act 2008 which als...
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A Canadian national was yesterday charged with importation and possession with intent to supply 2000 grams of the recreational drug ketamine, popularly known as 'Special K'.
Crown Counsel Bret Webber told a six men, six women jury in Supreme Court th...
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The Menuhin Foundation has been in Bermuda since 1976 with the aim to foster and develop an interest in classical and other music, and its most recent performance showed that this aim is continuously being reached, reinforced and passed on through ge...
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Police warn the public on harbouring a fugitive
The Police have issued a renewed appeal for help to find suspected gunman Omari Gordon.
The 26-year-old has been on the run since allegedly shooting at Police following a chase across the back of town i...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Emergency aid for the nation's imperiled auto industry was thrown into jeopardy yesterday, opposed by Republicans who were revolting against a hard-fought deal between Democrats and the Bush White House to speed $14 billion to ailin...
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Human Rights Commission chair Venous Memari yesterday publicly called for the commission to be made independent from Government.
Ms Memari described the HRC, whose members are currently appointed on the advice of the Premier, as "an arm's length agen...
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Tim Smith
Dear Dr. Gott: I am a Caucasian woman, 78 years old, 5 feet 2-½ inches tall, weigh 112 pounds and am in good health. I walk every morning and ride my bike and hike whenever I can. I am not sedentary. My problem is that my bone density is not improvin...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A surge in commodities prices put Wall Street back on an upward track yesterday. Stocks rose moderately as investors saw rebounding prices for gold, commodities prices as a reason to snap up energy and materials stocks.
Commodities pr...
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