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Fitch Ratings has downgraded the ratings on Security Capital Assurance Ltd. (SCA) and its financial guaranty insurance subsidiaries following downgrades to well below 'AAA' by each of the three major rating agencies.
The downgrades include the insure...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of environmentalists, consumer advocates and insurers has formed to oppose proposed legislation that would expand a federal flood insurance scheme.
The measure would add coverage for wind damage, which the coalition s...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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A former Police Sergeant of the Bermuda Police Service has returned safe and unharmed, but changed forever after a year serving on the United Nation's Kosovo Mission.
Jeff Baron left this Island in February last year for his chance to make a differen...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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The British Minister responsible for the UK's Overseas Territories will arrive on an official visit to the Island today.
Meg Munn MP, a Minister in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will stay until Saturday.
She was invited here by Deputy ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street pulled back yesterday after a drop in February's durable goods orders injected more pessimism about the economy into the stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 110 points.
Investors who have been worrie...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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Dear Dr. Gott: As odd as this sounds, I promise this is not a joke. When my husband sneezes, the air he expels has an odour to it.
I would associate it with the smell of marigolds or musty urine. We have noticed this over the course of the last month...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — Richard Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in "Kiss of Death" and became a Hollywood leading man in "Broken Lance," "Two Rode Together" and 40 other films, has died after a long illness. He ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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CHICAGO (AP) – The largest-ever study of the long-term consequences of premature birth finds that children born early have higher death rates in childhood and are more likely to be childless in adulthood.
Experts called the research significant becau...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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Former world-ranking track and field star David Oliver and Olympic head coach Brooks Johnson are in Bermuda to promote the 8th annual West End Athletic Club (WEAC) Schools Track and Field Challenge.
Sponsored by The Bank of Bermuda Foundation, the Ch...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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Individual, pharmacy and overseas portability claims to the Government's Health Insurance Plan HIP are now being reimbursed within 60 days.
The announcement was made by Warren Jones, Permanent Secretary of Health in a letter to the editor in this pap...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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