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–BEIJING (AP) - China and the United States signed agreements yesterday to increase safeguards over Chinese products and to open up mid-sized Chinese cities to American imports, a move aimed at assuaging critics of Beijing's massive trade surplus.
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DATE: Dec 12, 2007
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A Bermuda insurance company is thought to be in discussions geared at making an imminent bid for Lloyd's of London-listed insurer Kiln.
With the Island's insurance and reinsurance companies awash with money after two extremely quiet years, in terms o...
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People registering their vote yesterday all believed that the election race was too close to call.
The advanced polling was held yesterday at the Hamilton Seventh-day Adventist Church Hall on King Street, allowing incapacitated voters or voters who w...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The Olympics added cricket to its list of recognised sports, a move that might result in it being admitted to the Games for the first time since 1900.
"This is great news for cricket," Ray Mali, the president of the Dubai, United...
DATE: Dec 12, 2007
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In its 2003 manifesto, the Progressive Labour Party pledged to:
¦ establish a Bermuda Health Council to spearhead a new approach to the management of healthcare
¦ establish a national treatment system with set standards of practice for treatment prog...
DATE: Dec 12, 2007
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When it comes to baking, particularly during the holidays, "homey stuff may not always be picture-perfect, but it is absolutely, undeniably beautiful," according to Marcy Goldman, author of "A Passion for Baking" (Oxmoor House, $29.95). If you have t...
DATE: Dec 12, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — ICAP, the world's largest broker of deals between banks, and insurance company Jardine Lloyd Thompson arranged their first catastrophe swap transaction since forming a joint venture 10 months ago.
The contract is designed to insu...
DATE: Dec 12, 2007
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Teachers and pupils are to receive financial rewards for results under a sweeping review of the public education system.
The monetary awards will be presented to those teachers and students at the end of each school year in order to "celebrate" their...
DATE: Dec 12, 2007
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Security has been stepped up around Premier Ewart Brown after postal workers intercepted a package containing a bullet and threatening letter addressed to him.
News of "a threat levelled at the Premier" was revealed at a press conference yesterday by...
DATE: Dec 12, 2007
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It can be hard to find good, local Christmas music, but this week, the group Spellbound has made a spectacular contribution to the availability of locally-produced CDs with its just-released album, 'Silent Night.'
Playing together for the past seven ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2007
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