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Sustainable development group Greenrock is pushing for an overhaul of the Bermuda Customs Tariff Act to encourage a more energy-efficient community.
Andrew Vaucrosson, Greenrock president, said yesterday the charity had submitted to Government "an ex...
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Bermuda international Sammy DeGraff has embarked on a three-month mission to try and win a professional contract at a Brazilian football club.
The 27-year-old midfielder touched down in the home of samba soccer earlier this week and has a trial at Se...
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MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia will send a nuclear-powered battleship to the Caribbean for a joint naval exercise with Venezuela, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
The manoeuvres later this year will be the first Russia has conducted in Washington's traditi...
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BOSTON — You gotta love this campaign. No sooner does the curtain come crashing down on one climactic moment than up it goes on another. The Democrats choose NoDrama Obama and the channel switches to Soap Opera McCain.
You want change? I'll show you ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. shares plunged to their lowest level in more than a decade amid investor concerns yesterday that the battered investment bank is running out of options to raise capital.
Investors, anxious about the possi...
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NEW YORK (AP) – MSNBC is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators.
The change reflects tensions between the freewheeling, opinionated MSNBC...
DATE: Sep 10, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — British natural gas producer BG Group PLC yesterday abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second-largest power retailer.
BG Group, Britain's third-largest oil and gas company, conceded defeat after Origi...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index plunged more than 3 percent yesterday, weighed down by falling commodity prices and closing in on January's 2008 low.
The heavyweight materials and energy sectors led the way down. Oil price...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices slipped below $104 a barrel yesterday for the first time since early April as traders bet that Hurricane Ike would miss critical Gulf Coast oil installations. And in Vienna, Opec's president signalled the cartel wouldn't cu...
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NEWPORT, Rhode Island (AP) — For the first time since he founded the Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein didn't have to sign any checks or worry about how the fickle weather might affect the bottom line.
Instead, his biggest concern at the recent fest...
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