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LA ROCHELLE, France (Reuters) - France's Alstom unveiled a new generation of faster high-speed trains on Tuesday in a bid to keep ahead of rivals Siemens and Bombardier in the multi-billion dollar rail transport market.
The prototype "AGV" — a succes...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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Government may have dodged a bullet yesterday when it offered ferry pilot Dwayne Pearman a job as a seaman after he was convicted of driving and crashing a ferry while drunk, but it may pay a heavy price for doing so.
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DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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Jamaica Development Squad 148/2, Bermuda 68 all out
(Bermuda lose by 80 runs)
Bermuda's warm-up preparations for the Stanford 20/20 took another turn for the worse with a crushing defeat in the hands of Jamaica Development Squad.
Herbie Bascome's you...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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RenaissanceRe suffered a big dip in profits, making $62.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2007 compared to $201.1 million for the same period in 2006.
This was accounted for mainly by a $131 loss related to RenRe's 32.7-percent stake in ChannelRe, ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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Young Men Social Club 3
Ireland Rangers 2
Young Men Social Club conjured up one of the upsets of the season as they swept aside premier league foes Ireland Rangers to put their name in the hat for the next round of the FA Cup.
Goals by youngster Clay...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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Bermuda's biggest insurance company Ace yesterday announced a record annual profit of $2.58 billion, despite a fall of 14 percent in fourth-quarter earnings.
The global insurer year-end earnings were up by 12 percent from its 2006 profit, while net i...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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The banking sector was where all the action was on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
Butterfield Bank and Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. both dropped five cents, as 14,000 and 3,100 shares were traded by each respectively....
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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Starting on Monday the Perot Post Office will be closed for repairs and maintenance, the Bermuda Post Office has announced.
In a statement yesterday, the post office said the facility will be closed until around early March. Members of the public who...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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Perhaps it was wishful thinking, but I thought by now I would be able to sit at any city cafe, park bench or airport bar across the country and jump on the Internet via a free Wi-Fi connection.
Such ubiquitous Wi-Fi is still years away.
But several c...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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February 5, 2008
Dear Sir,
The Royal British Legion feels it should respond to the letter written to the Editor by a representative of the Bermuda War Veterans Association (BWVA) on January 31.
The 2007 Bermuda Poppy Appeal was collected transparentl...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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