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LONDON (Bloomberg) - HSBC Holdings plc., owners of the Bank of Bermuda, will focus on expansion without acquisitions as the company seeks to control costs, according to insurance head Clive Bannister.
"The emphasis for 2009 is on organic growth," sai...
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The clouds of economic gloom may be gathering - but the silver lining for Bermudians is the rising value of the dollar.
Yesterday the pound briefly dropped below $1.50 for the first time since 2002. During the summer, sterling was valued at more than...
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Guest workers will be issued with ID cards as Government cracks down on illegal workers, Labour Minister David Burch announced today.
Sen. Burch said the move would help Ministry staff investigate complaints of people working without work permits, pa...
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South Africa took a step closer to defending their World Rugby Classic title with a comfortable win in the first semi-final at the National Sports Centre last night.
The Springboks ran in three tries through Jan Harm van W...
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Paul DeCouto will show the rigours of motorcycle racing to a group of beginner riders who travel to Miami next month to experience what it takes to be a professional rider.
DeCouto, who was recently crowned the super bike champion of Bermuda, will ta...
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Health Minister Nelson Bascome encouraged the public to continue efforts to adopt healthy lifestyles at the Well Bermuda Symposium yesterday morning.
He said that too many people still think of death, disease, diet and exercise as the "full picture" ...
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Premier Ewart Brown has stamped on bizarre, untrue claims in Asian media that he has offered refuge to Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former prime minister of Thailand.
Newspapers in Thaksin's home country have been speculating where the billionaire,...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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A Hamilton Parish man admitted to stealing three pumpkins and a bottle of liquor, saying he was "messed up" at the time.
Brian Percival Gibbons, of W.B.'s Way, pleaded guilty to stealing three pumpkins weighing 120 pounds from DeSilva's Vegetable Far...
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More than 800 women and girls helped raise more than $37,000 for the Family Centre through a 5,000-metre run and walk last month.
The annual event, sponsored by PartnerRe, has now generated more than $200,000 since it began in 1998, with cash going t...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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A condominium complex with a Longtail-themed 'winged roof' has been proposed on a main road into Hamilton.
Harbour Development has submitted a planning application for a five-storey building, to be built on a car park between the East Broadway Shell ...
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