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BERMUDA is known for taking an issue out of context, especially one that has political undertones. The most recent example of this is the long sought after quest on behalf of government's blue collar workers by the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) to h...
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Rapper Kanye West arrested for vandalism
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West and one of his bodyguards were arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport after an altercation with paparazzi in which the rapper allegedly smashed a camera on the flo...
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Bermuda's retail sector continued to feel the economic pinch as sales growth for July 2008 slowed to more than two-thirds less than that of the same period last year and less than half that of three months previously, according to Government's latest...
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The executive officer of the National Training Board will leave his $130,000-a-year position at the end of this month.
Government has advertised for a replacement for Michael Stowe, who has led the quango for the past eight years.
Mr. Stowe was suspe...
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The Island's private senior schools have released their GCSE results with early exam starts at one school and traumatic events for students at another appearing not to have had a dramatic effect on performance.
Bermuda High School for Girls came out ...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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PartnerRe Ltd. yesterday announced that it expects to receive claims for between $25 million and $45 million for losses caused by Hurricane Gustav, according to the company's prelimary estimates.
The Bermuda reinsurer said its loss loss estimate was ...
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It's 'all change' at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art this evening, when three new Autumn exhibitions are opened in the presence of members and invited guests, before opening to the general public from tomorrow.
They are: 'Charge of the Light Br...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rose for a second day yesterday, overcoming a rocky start on a bargain-hunting rally in hard-hit resource shares.
Among the big gainers, fertilizer producer Potash Corp of Saskatchewan was u...
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Bermuda-based Lehman Re was downgraded after its parent company Lehman Brothers Holding Inc.'s shares plummeted 42 percent to close at $4.22 yesterday (read more on page 23).
The reinsurance subsidiary of Lehman Brothers saw its financial strength ra...
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Four young Bermudians are being sponsored by Bermuda Motors and the National Training Board to study in the States.
Ryan King, Juvonne Cann and Maurice Symonds will be attending the Universal Technical Institute in Norwood, Massachusetts, to study me...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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