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Bermuda learned a cruel but fundamental lesson at the National Sports Centre (NSC) yesterday - it's never over until the proverbial fat lady sings.
Only four minutes plus stoppage time away from victory, and firmly in con...
DATE: Feb 04, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Hedge fund manager John Devaney, who had to sell his yacht and jet plane last year after wrong-way bets on mortgage securities, says it is time to buy bonds backed by sub-prime loans.
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National coach Keith Tucker was the first to admit missed chances came back to haunt his team at the National Sports Centre (NSC) yesterday.
Bermuda were forced to settle for a draw when in all honesty they should've had things sewn up before the bre...
DATE: Feb 04, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fears of a looming recession could batter US stocks this week as investors weigh a dim earnings outlook for 2008 against a view that holds shares are cheap as seen by Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo.
US employers cut payr...
DATE: Feb 04, 2008
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Yesterday certainly was a very busy day for Khano Smith. He had not one, but two football games to follow very closely.
Like many US sports fans, Smith and his New England Revolution teammates watched and rooted for the New England Patriots against t...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - XL Capital Ltd. received its third ratings downgrade this year when Moody's Investors Service cut ratings on the Bermuda-based business insurer's debt and claims- paying ability.
XL said on January 23 it lost as much as $1.2 bi...
DATE: Feb 04, 2008
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PARIS (Bloomberg) - Societe Generale SA, the French bank where a trader's unauthorised bets led to a record 4.9 billion euros ($7.2 billion) loss, published an open letter to clients saying the future of the bank is not threatened.
"This accident, ho...
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Bermuda's Antonio Pierce was on the winning side last night as wildcard New York Giants caused one of Super Bowl's biggest upsets to deny New England Patriots a 'perfect season'.
Pierce, who has Bermudian parentage, was involved in the action from an...
DATE: Feb 04, 2008
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A caption in Friday's Lifestyle section incorrectly stated that the artist, Andre Smith, attended Warwick Academy. He is a Mount Saint Agnes Academy student.
A story in Thursday's Business section on the introduction of Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel to Be...
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The US economy continues to show sign of weakness and this has prompted policymakers to move aggressively on both the monetary and fiscal fronts. Not too many months ago, the chairman of the Federal Reserve was fairly optimistic about prospects for t...
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