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LONDON (AP) - Airports operator BAA Ltd. said yesterday that it had successfully completed the refinancing of some £13.3 billion ($24.8 billion) of debt in the biggest transaction of its kind - just days before Britain's anti-trust regulator is tippe...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Bermudians living in London got a taste of home during a booze cruise — and raised over $7,000 for charity at the same time.
The fifth annual event took place on the River Thames on July 18 on a two-decked party boat called The Golden Flame.
It featu...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street retreated yesterday after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years on concerns that the government might need to bail out the mortgage financiers. Weakness in the overall financial sector s...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Bermuda's Olympic campaign fizzled out at Beijing's spectacular 'Bird's Nest' national stadium yesterday as Arantxa King - the last of the Island's six-strong contingent to compete - failed to advance to the long jump final.
The 18-year-old daughter ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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A former exotic dancer from the US who stole $1.4 million from the Bermuda Government has lost an appeal against her conviction.
Teketa Thompkins received the money from her Bermudian boyfriend Harrison Isaac Jr, who masterminded the fraud.
She then ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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The Bermuda Federation of Musicians and Variety Artists and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Social Rehabilitation are hosting a 'Jazz Command Performance' at the new Berkeley Institute on August 31. In addition to being a major fund-raiser to se...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown has been featured in a high-profile TV show about Bermuda aired in the US.
According to press secretary Glenn Jones, "TV One on One in Paradise" premiered across the US on TV One on August 3. The channel has an audience of 44 mill...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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The inconsistent and inexplicable form that has plagued triathlete Flora Duffy over the last year spilled over to the Olympics yesterday.
Another 'DNF' added to the two suffered in four previous races in the last few months wouldn't normally have aff...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Deadly duo Graham Sutherland and Chris Wells reigned supreme in the 47th annual Round the Island Powerboat race at Ferry Reach on Sunday.
Riding in D-13, the pair completed the course in 45 minutes and five seconds with rookie racers David Selley and...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Flora Duffy's England-based coach Richard Brady admitted he too was close to tears after watching as his star pupil was pulled out of yesterday's Olympic triathlon by race officials before the start of the run.
"I just want to find a corner and cry. ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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