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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown, responding to concerns about a growing wealth gap in the UK, said the statutory minimum wage will rise to £5.73 ($11.34) per hour from October.
"This will be a 60 percent rise on the original minimum ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein said the credit-market contraction that started with sub-prime mortgages is at least halfway over.
"We're not in the ninth inning by any means, we're maybe two-thirds through, a half...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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LONDON (AP) - British Airways said yesterday that passenger traffic rose 5.3 percent in February, led by a 15.1 percent increase in premium traffic.
The airline's load factor rose 0.6 percentage point to 68.4 percent, and capacity was up by 4.4 perce...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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I was the passenger
March 1, 2008
Dear Sir,
I read with horror and paradoxically some considerable accord the letter written by Kathy Landy on December 29, 2007 in response to my letter 'Bermudians Can't Drive' (20.12.07). As a visitor to Bermuda and...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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A 66-year-old taxi driver fought off five men – one armed with a knife — as they tried to rob him.
The driver told Police he picked up the five at Hayward's Supermarket, on Middle Road, in Warwick, on Tuesday night and carried his fares to Warwick Pa...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - Fidelity Investments, the world's largest mutual-fund company, will pay $8 million to settle US regulatory claims it let staff members accept Super Bowl tickets, private-jet travel and other gifts from brokers.
Fidelity faile...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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Bermuda's senior national football team will see action next week at the National Sports Centre (NSC) - with Barbados the likely opponents.
But as of yesterday it remained unclear who they would play with Bermuda Football Association (BFA) president ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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Colin Thompson
Dear Dr. Gott: My husband has been diagnosed with seborrheic dermatitis. It's our understanding that this condition can be controlled but not cured. Medication has been very ineffective. We have been using Neosporin and antiseptic powder on the open ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks gained for the first time in four days as record commodity prices boosted the earnings prospects of such oil and gas and raw-materials producers as Canadian Oil Sands Trust and Barrick Gold Corp.
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Government has dropped renaming Bermuda Day 'National Heroes Day' after a public "outcry".
The country however, could still get a public holiday dedicated to prominent historical figures if business leaders agree. Minister of Culture and Social Rehab...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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