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A 75-year-old alleged elder abuse victim appeared to have been left to fend for herself for most of yesterday after two men accused of harming her were banned from her home.
The woman, who is understood to have the mental age of a child, was placed u...
DATE: Oct 03, 2008
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Plan for your financial future and diversify your investment portfolio while being on the look-out to take advantage of the current economic crisis.
That is what concerned investors were told by North Atlantic Asset Management's vice-president Patric...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The US Securities and Exchange Commission will extend a prohibition on short-sales of financial stocks, keeping restrictions on bets against companies' shares in place while Congress works on a $700 billion bailout plan.
The re...
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged yesterday but discussed a cut as financial market turmoil and slowing economic growth has caused inflation risks to ease, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said.
"With the ...
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A Smoking Cessation Programme for Bermuda is being set up by the Ministry of Health.
Qualified individuals and businesses are asked to come forward to help design and deliver the project, Health Minister Nelson Bascome said yesterday.
Eight percent o...
DATE: Oct 03, 2008
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A homeless man sentenced to three years in prison begged the Magistrate for more jail time — and was handed an additional 12 months.
Jahnia Thompson, an admitted drug addict, told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner he would return to his old habits t...
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Bermuda reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. has estimated that its losses from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike will run to around $130 million.
In a statement released after the close of the markets yesterday, Montpelier said its estimate was based on a ...
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Sir John Swan has issued a stark warning to the Government, Corporation of Hamilton and local developers: start regenerating the waterfront, or the city "will die".
The former Premier (pictured), this week voted Bermuda's most admired business leader...
DATE: Oct 03, 2008
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Dear Annie: For at least five years, my mother-in-law has been receiving nasty harassing telephone calls from my sister-in-law, "Cruella." These calls usually pertain to Cruella's distorted belief that Mom doesn't accept her as a worthy daughter-in-l...
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Bermuda-based Syncora Holdings Ltd. has hired JP Morgan as an adviser during the bond insurer's negotiations with counterparties.
In August this year, Syncora, formerly known as Security Capital Assurance, entered into an agreement with 17 bank count...
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