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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. said a downgrade by Moody's Investors Service on Friday has stirred investors' fears and harmed the company's financial credibility.
Late on Friday, credit rating agency M...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Bullying in Bermuda's schools is leading to teenage gangs and graduating into serious social unrest, not high school diplomas.
This according to a long-serving Ministry of Education staff who does not wish to be named for fear of his job, but said he...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Competitive moustache growers will be comparing their facial hair at a party to raise money in the fight against prostate cancer.
The fund-raisers have turned November into 'Movember' as part of an international initiative to promote men's health iss...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian banks will show some ugly end-of-year numbers in the next two weeks and the more interesting bit — their 2009 outlooks — are bound to be vague.
Two bank warnings about fourth-quarter charges this past week helped to sink ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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New York Stock Exchange regulators have warned Bermuda bond insurer Primus Guaranty Ltd. that it has breached listing standards, because its average share price was lower than $1 over a period of 30 consecutive trading days. The company now has six m...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Staple food items such as bread and milk cost the same as last month, but there was a big difference in the price of cereal and eggs, according to The Royal Gazette's latest price survey.
The paper checked 15 of the same products at three of Bermuda'...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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After a three-year process of study and consultation, regulation of telecommunications in Bermuda is set to undergo significant reform.
Minister of Telecommunications and E-Commerce Terry Lister told the House of Assembly on Friday that the current t...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Works Minister Derrick Burgess has signed an agreement allowing land to be reclaimed from the sea at Dockyard to build a pier for mega cruise ships.
It paves the way for the second phase of a project to accommodate Panamax and Post-Panamax ships capa...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Schools reform boss Philip Butterfield has rejected calls for his resignation and insisted: "There's no quit in me."
Mr. Butterfield said he would not walk away from his post as chairman of the interim education board until he is satisfied all studen...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Four Bermudians were members of the South Kent Varsity soccer team (pictured right) who earned the Class B NEPSSA New England Championship title recently with a 3-1 win over Rivers School.
The fourth-seeded Cardinals also won the Ray Brown Cup as the...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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