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OSLO (Bloomberg) - Seadrill Ltd., the Norwegian oil-rig company set up by billionaire John Fredriksen, rose as much as 4.1 percent in Oslo trading after the company won contracts worth $4.1 billion for three of its rigs in Brazil.
Seadrill rose as mu...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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l The West End Development Corporation (Wedco) was set up in 1982 to manage and develop 214 acres of Government-owned land in the West End, including Watford Island, Boaz Island, Ireland Island South and North, the small islands forming the Crawl off...
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Talks to avert a teachers' strike on Thursday offered a glimmer of hope yesterday, according to a union leader.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers met with officials from the Ministry of Education in a bid to resolve a row over staffing levels. The 900-st...
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A story in Saturday's newspaper on law firm Mello Jones & Martin giving legal advice to senior citizens should have referred to lawyer John Barritt as a consultant to the firm, not a senior partner.
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An arts charity has praised the West End Development Corporation (Wedco) for listening to tenants' concerns and shelving plans to impose a marketing fee on commercial Dockyard tenants.
The Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard would have struggled to survi...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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Eleven members of the Victor Scott Primary School choir gave passersby a musical treat yesterday as they performed an impromptu song outside The Royal Gazette offices.
The student choir is leaving the Island today to perform in Atlanta, Georgia where...
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The two quangos which manage the West End and the former Baselands are likely to merge, according to the chairman of both bodies.
Walter Lister told The Royal Gazette that the West End Development Corporation (Wedco) and Bermuda Land Development Corp...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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A blend of technical and academic education is likely to be implemented in Bermuda's public schools.
Minister for Education Randy Horton described the method as helpful to advanced and struggling students alike.
He and a delegation of experts travell...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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Bermuda is the best place in the world to practise insurance, according to Axis Capital boss John Charman, and he has no ambitions to return to Lloyd's where he built his reputation.
Speaking with Insurance Day, Mr. Charman described the recent succe...
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BERLIN (AP) — German automaker Volkswagen AG said yesterday it sold seven percent more vehicles in the first quarter than it had a year earlier to reach a new high, despite the dampening effect on exports of the strong euro.
Sales for the January-to-...
DATE: Apr 15, 2008
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