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THERE are times when this island resembles nothing less than a 20-square mile fantasy camp for aspiring demagogues. After a decade or more of boomtown economics, we have produced a generation of political and corporate leaders with egos that have swo...
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Two grocery store employees escaped criminal convictions for stealing goods and falsifying accounts.
Serena Minors, 28, of Mullet Bay, St George's, and Lorena Richards, 19, of Devil's Hole, Smith's, admitted the offences at an earlier court appearanc...
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.'s US affiliate, WeatherPredict Consulting, announced the acquisition of the primary technology assets of Commodity Hedgers, Inc., a specialist in remotely sensed meteorological observations and provider of high quality pro...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rose for fifth straight day yesterday thanks to strength in energy and materials issues, raising hopes that the market is close to finding a bottom.
Heavily weighted stocks that helped the m...
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The cover price of IThe Royal Gazette will increase to $1on Monday.
The price was last increased from 80 cents to 90 cents one year ago.
Monday's increase is necessary due to continued rising costs, especially in the price of newsprint and electricit...
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XL Capital chief executive officer Michael McGavick has been "key" in promoting Bermuda's cause in Washington, according to Finance Minister Paula Cox.
Mr. McGavick has been active for some time in helping the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Rein...
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USA 254-7; Bermuda 173-9
Bermuda's Thanksgiving experience was anything but pleasant at the ICC Americas Division One Championship in Florida today as the Islanders slumped to an 81-run loss against tournament hosts USA.
Batting first, the Americans ...
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LONDON (AP) — Woolworths Group PLC announced yesterday it has put its century-old retail business into administration after failed attempts at a fire sale.
The company said that discussions to sell its 800-store retail business had ended without a sa...
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Newly-crowned Bermuda Open champion, Brian McCann, will be among the top contenders at the $50,000 Gosling's Invitational that tees off on Monday at Belmont Hills.
Last year the Canadian squandered a four-shot lead in the final round to enable Americ...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc is in talks to buy back its London headquarters from Metrovacesa SA as the Spanish developer's £800 million ($1.2 billion) loan on the property came due yesterday, three people with knowledge of the matter said....
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