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Tourism arrivals continue to plummet with a 22.9 percent drop in May.
The new figures, revealed in Parliamentary Questions, follow disappointing first quarter figures with a 2.3 percent rise in February but year-on-year declines of 13.2 percent in Ja...
DATE: Jul 15, 2008
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A small percentage of web users were out of luck yesterday afternoon, as service went down. But most of the Internet service providers on the Island reported nothing wrong.
Cable and Wireless, Logic, TeleBermuda International and Transact Internet Se...
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NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) — Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.
The new Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, was once ki...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is moving closer to giving home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis and propelled foreclosures to record highs.
Chairman Ben Bernanke and h...
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(Bloomberg) — A new Japanese export is luring US consumers: Television game shows that inflict pain, suffering and humiliation for a laugh.
Contestants on ABC Inc.'s "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" had to battle through a wind tunnel while opponent...
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HSBC, which owns the Bank of Bermuda, has been labelled the top bank in the world.
According to Banker Magazine HSBC topped the list because of its Tier 1 capital and profit before tax. It is the first time a non-US bank topped the list since 1999.
T...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said his government is ready to provide more help for households as the economic slowdown deepens, and held out the prospect of an end to soaring food prices.
Voters are deserting the ruling Labour Par...
DATE: Jul 15, 2008
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Corporation of Hamilton councillors Kathryn Gibbons and Pamela Ferreira will vie to become alderman at next Monday's city by-election.
And six nominations have been received for the three vacant common councillor seats, including one for Graeme Outer...
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser and Bud Light, has agreed to a takeover by a giant Belgian brewer, a union that creates a global beer leader and brings to an end one of the most iconic names in American business.
The board of ...
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Torrential rain and 70 mph winds battered Bermuda yesterday as Tropical Storm Bertha — still poised to become a hurricane last night — passed over the Island.
Trees collapsed onto cars, thousands of homes suffered power outages and all flights were c...
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