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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street retreated yesterday after aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. and chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) issued disappointing reports and the Federal Reserve voiced concerns about the slumping economy.
Stocks were already l...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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A young father has died in hospital after being found lying in the road with serious head injuries in the middle of the night.
David Ellis, 36, was pronounced dead at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon — less than a week after he w...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Capital One Financial Corp. is cutting about 750 jobs in its UK division as the credit-card company scales back its ambitions in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The eliminated positions are mostly in call centers, accou...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Shane Felux is an independent filmmaker whose "Star Wars Revelations" was seen by over four million people in its first three months. His next project, "Pitching George Lucas'', reached even more.
But unless you've downloaded his o...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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Leading offshore firm Appleby is pleased to announce the promotion of Sarah Moule to the position of counsel in the Bermuda office following last week's appointment of seven new partners across the firm's global office network.
Ms Moule is a member o...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Antibiotics for breakfast? The drugs are supposed to kill bacteria, not feed them. Yet Harvard researchers have discovered hundreds of germs in soil that literally gobble up antibiotics, able to thrive with the potent drugs as their...
DATE: Apr 09, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) – On television, CBS' "Big Bang Theory" is a traditional, half-hour sitcom about two super-smart dweebs fumbling around their sexy neighbour. On the Internet, that premise is cut to its essence on "Talk Nerdy 2 Me", a series of clips fr...
DATE: Apr 08, 2008
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Dear Annie: Every 29 seconds, another student drops out of the US public school system. Before this year ends, more than one million children will have dropped out – passing on their best chance for a productive adulthood. Strengthening our schools i...
DATE: Apr 08, 2008
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An 18-year-old Bermudian law student is helping the homeless in Ireland and hopes businesses that operate in both countries will support her efforts.
Maryssa Gabriel, from Paget, found it difficult to walk by the homeless sitting on the Dublin street...
DATE: Apr 08, 2008
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A senior alderman has promised to pay back thousands of dollars to the Corporation of Hamilton for personal overseas calls made on his Corporation cell phone.
Former Deputy Mayor David Dunkley has agreed to pay the outstanding charges by tomorrow, ac...
DATE: Apr 08, 2008
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