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While some college students are content to read about the Egyptian pyramids or google world poverty, Bermudian Vanessa Bean wanted to see the wonders of the world for herself.
Miss Bean, 21, recently returned from a special Semester at Sea programme ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd. had the claims-paying ability of subsidiaries downgraded by Fitch Ratings after the company said its fourth-quarter net loss was as much as $1.2 billion.
XL's issuer default rating was revised to A from A+, as Fitch said in a statemen...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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Children need to put down their playstations, step away from the TV and pick up a book, which is why one middle school dedicated an entire day to reading.
John Duncan, the English Language and Resource teacher at T.N. Tatem Middle School (formerly Sp...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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A senior education officer from America who claims he was unlawfully sacked by Government has been given permission to seek a judicial review of the decision.
Dr. Craig Nikolai, who headed the research, measurement and evaluation team at the Ministry...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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The Institute of Bermuda Architects has written to the Mayor of Hamilton expressing concern over the potential eviction of the Bermuda Society of Arts from City Hall.
Last week the Corporation of Hamilton granted the BSoA a six month reprieve, extend...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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LOM (Holdings) Ltd. continued its share repurchase drive by buying 21,500 of its own shares for cancellation at an average price of $3.59 per share.
The company currently has 6,360,500 shares of common stock outstanding, with the number of shares rep...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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TWO of Bermuda's up and coming show jumpers flew to Barbados yesterday to compete in the first round the of the 2008 Caribbean Junior Jumping Competition.
Representing Bermuda will be 14-year-old Sarah Wight and 15-year-old Hannah Keane. Both girls r...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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Bermuda-based Security Capital Assurance Ltd. was yesterday downgraded by Fitch Ratings from its all-important AAA financial strength rating — and that will severely damage the bond insurer's ability to write new business.
Fitch cut its rating five l...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — $171,525 is a lot of money for a joke to raise.
That's how much Stephen Colbert's "WristStrong" bracelets have raised since the mock talk show host began selling them as part of his "wrist awareness" campaign, started shortly after he...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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Bermuda may feature in the plot of the latest James Bond film, which is scheduled for release this autumn.
The film Quantum of Solace is based on a short story by Bond creator Ian Fleming. Set in Bermuda, it appears as one of a collection published i...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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