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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Northern Rock Plc, nationaliSed by the U.K. government last month, will stop selling sub-prime mortgages in Britain.
The bank will stop selling the loans today, though applications submitted before will be processed, the Newcastl...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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Earth calling Bermuda! Earth calling Bermuda!
Want to change the world but don't have much time in your busy schedule? Well now is your chance. At 8 p.m. on March 29 for one hour, the people of Bermuda are being urged to "turn out the lights".
By tak...
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Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the Bermuda-based TV group that is on the airwaves in six countries in Central and Eastern Europe, has funded an expansion through the offer of $475 million in five-year convertible notes.
Network topper Mich...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Poor but healthy older women are at greater risk of missing out on breast cancer screening that could benefit them than are their wealthier counterparts, a new study demonstrates.
Among women 65 and older who were unlikely...
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More than 300 delegates will converge on Dubai next week to see what is effectively a Bermuda insurance market roadshow.
The World Insurance Forum (WIF) will open at the Dubai International Financial Centre next Monday.
This will be the first time in...
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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, California (AP) – Marlee Matlin had never danced before – well, other than at weddings and bar mitzvahs – but for the past two weeks, she's been cha-cha-ing and quickstepping for seven hours a day in preparation for her "Dancing...
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Several Members of Parliament finished the marathon Budget debate on Monday night by indulging in a feeding frenzy over a column written by this newspaper's Sports Editor last week.
Members from both sides of the House, in a rare show of unanimity, t...
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Convicted drug trafficker Kirk Roberts has launched an appeal against a ruling ordering him to give up almost $1 million in personal assets.
Roberts, 46, was sentenced to ten years in jail in 2002 after being found guilty of conspiracy to import cann...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bermuda-based Lazard Ltd. said that chairman and chief executive Bruce Wasserstein was awarded about $22.8 million in compensation in 2007, up 54 percent from a year earlier, as the company reported record annual profits.
His com...
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COLE'S COOKING A TO Z– by Annette Gooch
Leftover bits of natural cheese are too good and too valuable to be tossed out or left to mould at the back of the refrigerator.
If cheese is worth keeping, there's a good chance it's worth freezing.
Many varie...
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