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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index dropped nearly 4 percent yesterday to end below the key 10,000 level for the first time in three years as fears that the credit crisis could balloon to a global recession prompted broad sell...
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A recent case in the House of Lords has exposed to scrutiny the principle of proprietary estoppel in a commercial context.
The result of this case, Yeoman's Row Management Limited v. Cobbe, is to restrict the concept of proprietary estoppel and to so...
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(Bloomberg) — Golden Ocean Group Ltd., a commodity shipper that's lost 63 percent of its market value this year, led a decline in European shipping stocks as turmoil in financial markets spread to the broader economy.
Golden Ocean fell 2.75 kroner, o...
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ANAHEIM, California (AP) – Miley Cyrus' 16th birthday party was more boisterous than sweet.
Cyrus celebrated the hallmark birthday at an over-the-top Disneyland celebration on Sunday – even though she doesn't actually turn 16 until November 23. The t...
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CHICAGO (AP) – Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets – or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter – because of risks for disease.
That's according to the nation's leading paediatricians' group in a new report a...
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A subsidiary of Bermuda-based insurer American Safety Insurance has been hit with a $250 million lawsuit in California.
The case, which has been brought by PMA Capital Insurance Company, revolves around an insurance policy written by Oklahoma-based A...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - EBay Inc. will cut 10 percent of its workforce and make two acquisitions after sales growth slowed at its Internet marketplace unit.
EBay, trying to revive shares trading at an almost six-year low, will purchase online-credit s...
DATE: Oct 08, 2008
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Troubled times ahead
September 6, 2008
Dear Sir,
I totally agree with Taxpayer, Warwick, about the looming disaster awaiting Bermuda if the powers that be do not wake up soon. With so many financial institutions collapsing in the US, and the threats ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2008
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The upside of this past weekend's weather is that I can't be accused of raining on the Music Festival parade.
Measured by performances, the event was a predictable success. However, when the Premier took to the stage to give the obligatory thanks, he...
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'Come one, come all' is the message behind a brand new sailing festival to be held this weekend in the City of Hamilton.
The Argo Group Festival of Sail 2008 will be held at Barr's Bay Park and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) on October 11 and 12...
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