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Bermuda-based reinsurance firm White Mountains Re Group's subsidiaries Folksamerica Reinsurance Co. and Fund American Reinsurance Co. have been affirmed and assigned financial strength ratings (FSR) respectively by AM Best Co.
The ratings agency has ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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Participants in the 100 Day Challenge have walked the length of Bermuda 2,756 times since the beginning of the fitness initiative.
After 30 days into the Live Healthy Bermuda 100 Day Challenge, a total of 4,037 pounds have been lost and more than 15,...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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LONDON (AP) — Virgin Atlantic carried out the world's first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel yesterday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels.
Some analysts praised the jumbo jet test flight ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Two former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executives were found guilty of restraint of trade and acquitted of 20 other charges after the first bid-rigging trial in a New York probe of anticompetitive insurance sales practices.
William G...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – "No Country for Old Men" was living up to its front-runner status at last night's Academy Awards, winning the first two of its eight categories, adapted screenplay for the Coen brothers and supporting actor for Javier Bardem.
Mario...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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Anti-draft campaigners hope a Supreme Court case beginning today will result in conscription being outlawed.
Lawyers for 14 men known collectively as Bermudians Against the Draft (B.A.D.) are set to argue that the policy is illegal and a breach of hu...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Older people who have significant trouble staying awake during the day have more than four times the normal risk of having a stroke, US researchers said last week.
They also found a higher risk of heart attacks and other cardiovas...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc will pay Michael Cherkasky, the executive they brought in to broker a costly legal settlement in 2005, $7.15 million as part of a severance package reached after he was forced out earlier this year.
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DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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While most teenagers take on an after school job to raise money for a new bike or computer, Bermudian Neva Lewis is saving up for something special – dinner with the next president of the United States.
"I was nominated to attend the 2009 Inaugural D...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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PHC Zebras inched their way closer to the Premier League title yesterday as they saw off a spirited Devonshire Colts at Police Field.
Zebras, who have defender Kevin Richards to thank for sparking their remarkable comeback, d...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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