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I was talking to a young man last week and I asked him a question: "What sports meant to him?"
His reply impacted me so much I wanted his voice to be heard in this week's column.
He said: "I got into sports because my father wanted me to; he seemed e...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bond insurer MBIA said yesterday it would have enough resources to fund potential termination payments related to investment contracts if rating agencies downgraded the notes of its subsidiary MBIA Insurance Corp.
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DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – "Mad Men" and "30 Rock" were the big winners at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, as the show spotlighted two series that could use an audience boost
"30 Rock'', which follows the backstage exploits at a TV sketch show, nabbed...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) has joined the opposition to US legislation disallowing tax deductions for reinsurance premiums paid to foreign affiliates that exceed the industry average for each line of property and casualty ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Bermuda-based Seadrill has been awarded a five-year firm contract for the semi-submersible tender rig West Alliance for operations in South East Asia.
The contract will start in January 2010 in direct continuation of existing contract.
The total cont...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Health Minister Nelson Bascome was cleared of $60,000 theft charges by a magistrate this afternoon.
Mr. Bascome, 52, was accused of stealing a bank loan intended to start up a business called the Natural Business Company by directing it into his own ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Former Sports Minister Dale Butler paid tribute yesterday to late sports statistician, historian and family member Warrington (Soup) Zuill who "gave so much to local sport and asked for very little in return".
The 77-year-old Zuill died peacefully at...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Colin Thompson
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Max Capital Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based reinsurer with 20 percent of its investments in hedge funds and private equity, fell the most since going public in 2001 after saying the holdings declined in July and August.
The so-ca...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Bermuda today finds itself at the centre of a row between Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain.
A pledge to protect tax breaks for American corporations by Senator McCain made while visiting Bermuda last year has been used by the Obama ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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A court order halting the restructuring of the Bermuda Department of Tourism’s North American operation has been lifted.
The Bermuda Public Services Union (BPSU) won leave to have a judicial review of the restructuring on the grounds that staff had n...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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