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Bermuda reinsurer Validus Holdings Ltd. yesterday reported a 17-percent increase in net income, thanks in part to its acquisition of Lloyd's specialty insurer Talbot.
Validus said its net income for the first three months of 2008 totalled $66.5 milli...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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AUDITOR General Larry Dennis is expecting to carry out an investigation into Government's contract with under-fire former Faith Based Tourism (FBT) boss Andre Curtis in the next few months, the Mid-Ocean News can reveal.
Mr. Curtis resigned from his ...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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The contribution of Bermuda's workers to the Island was celebrated yesterday, at the second annual International Workers Day.
Mr. Eugene Blakeney, one of Bermuda's union trailblazers, was presented with an award to honour his years of service.
There ...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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My, my, my, what a fabulous start we had to the cricket season. With the season opening with a 20/20 tournament cricket fans were treated to some fascinating, breathtaking, explosive cricket. Although it is new to Bermuda it is not new around the wor...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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A dispute between prison officers and Government over pay delayed two murder court cases for the second time this week.
The Prison Officers' Association (POA) spent more than an hour in a general meeting yesterday morning.
It resulted in a vote to ca...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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The Declaration of Chapultepec was drafted at a conference on free speech in Mexico City in March, 1994 and sets out ten principles to ensure freedom of the press.
It has been ratified by 43 presidents, three of them as candidates, from 24 countries....
DATE: May 02, 2008
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Valerie Dill asked her employer not to buy her a retirement gift — and to spend the money on books for her former school.
Mrs. Dill decided to do her bit for the drive to improve education by arranging for 160 books to be donated to Victor Scott Prim...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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BERMUDA'S Flora Duffy will compete in South Africa on Sunday at the Richards Bay BG Triathlon World Cup in preparation for the Beijing Olympics this summer.
Although Duffy has been given a wild card by the International Olympic Committee to this year...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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Bermuda's banking industry was on show for all to see on the international stage at the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) 2008 conference held in San Diego this week.
The Bank of Bermuda and Butterfield Bank both had booths at the event, a...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco Electronics Ltd., the world's biggest maker of electronic connectors, said second-quarter profit rose 7.5 percent, beating analysts' estimates, on higher overseas sales. The company said full-year profit will...
DATE: May 02, 2008
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