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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thailand's central bank slashed interest rates by the largest amount in eight years, attempting to stave off recession as the economy reels from the global downturn and a weeklong shutdown of Bangkok's airports by anti-govern...
DATE: Dec 04, 2008
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The third day of a golf tournament is moving day, the time when some challenges are made, and others fade away.
A good round can make a player a serious contender, while a bad one will all but end any realistic hopes of winning a tournament.
Only one...
DATE: Dec 04, 2008
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Students could get the chance to try their hand at 12 different trades in their first year at senior school if an idea for a more "blended" education system is adopted.
A working party advising the interim executive board on education has proposed th...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street withstood another stream of bad economic readings yesterday, closing sharply higher as investors shuttled between pessimism about the recession and hopes that the nation might start seeing relief soon. The major indexes sa...
DATE: Dec 04, 2008
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They grew up together, played together, had fun together, and share a host of memories. Now brother and sister Scott and Jodie Tucker have used those memories as inspiration for their first joint exhibition.
It opens tonight at the Rick Faries Galler...
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Beatrice (Mommie) Mills, of Cobbs Hill, Warwick, who celebrates her 92nd birthday.
Mercilyn Ogilvie of St. Anne's Parish, Jamaica, who celebrates her birthday today.
Ruth Calhoun, of Paget, who celebrates her birthday today.
Gail Furbert, of Crawl, H...
DATE: Dec 04, 2008
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The following are editorial opinions from newspapers from around the world which may be of interest to Royal Gazette readers.
Taipei Times, Taiwan,
on human rights
It may not have been overly dramatic of the Wild Strawberries Student Movement to sta...
DATE: Dec 04, 2008
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Government has awarded 1,100 blue collar workers a five percent pay rise with members getting back-dated pay to January 1 this year.
Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert said yesterday: "Membership ratified the agreement for five percent....
DATE: Dec 04, 2008
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Insurer and reinsurer Hiscox said yesterday it would close a Bermuda-based specialist unit that it opened just three months ago, with the loss of two local jobs.
Robert Childs, chief executive officer of the company's Bermuda operations, said Hiscox ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2008
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Fortress Investment Group LLC told investors yesterday that they won't be able to get their money back for a while, becoming the latest hedge fund firm to suspend redemptions as investors try to exit.
Fortress, one of only a small ...
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