255735 results returned for search: "" category "Other"
Businesses have clubbed together to offer a range of discounts to visitors to pep up trade during what promises to be a challenging winter season.
The "Passport to the Bermuda Experience" is a booklet drawn up by the Chamber of Commerce offering abou...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
PARIS (Reuters) - It is easy to announce that Europe must spend 200 billion euros ($260 billion) fighting recession, as the European Commission did on Wednesday.
It is harder for the many governments that must come up with such colossal amounts to do...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
LONDON (Bloomberg) — Old Mutual Plc said it ended attempts to sell Mutual & Federal Insurance Co., South Africa's second-largest property insurer, as the global financial crisis deters potential buyers.
It's the second time Old Mutual, the worst-perf...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
One of the Longtails featured on Bermuda's new $50 banknote as been described as the wrong bird – a species that does not nest on the Island.
Eminent environmentalist David Wingate said he was "appalled" by the choice of the Red-billed Tropicbird, wh...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
The annual Christmas boat parade will be back next year – bigger and better than ever before.
That was the message from Steve Thomson, one of the event founders, when he spoke at a cocktail reception at the Bacardi headquarters held for past parade p...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Three months after opening the world's second tallest skyscraper, Shanghai is about to start construction of an even taller building, defying an economic slowdown and slumping property values across the country.
Work on the 632-m...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
BEIJING (AP) — China's top economic planner warned yesterday that the impact of the global financial crisis is worsening and said rising job losses could fuel instability.
Beijing announced its biggest interest rate cut in 11 years on Wednesday to bo...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Argus Group Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced a $42 million loss for the six months ended September 30 — the first loss in the group's 26-year history.
The company said last night the results came about as a result of the current, difficult market co...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
It seemed, on the face of it, a fairly innocuous story: Ombudsman Arlene Brock announced earlier this month that she had launched an investigation into the accessibility of material at Bermuda Archives and would report her findings at a later date.
B...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bluebay Asset Management Plc dropped the most since its initial public offering two years ago after the manager of fixed-income investments said it will shut down its Emerging Market Total Return Fund.
The $1.2 billion hedge fund...
DATE: Nov 28, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
