Butterfield Bank chairman Robert Mulderig has been appointed to the board of Bermuda-based hedge-fund administrator Butterfield Fulcrum.
Mr. Mulderig, the former chief executive officer of Mutual Risk Management Ltd., is one of three appointments to ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
OAK BLUFFS, Massachusetts (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama nominated Ben Bernanke to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman yesterday, aiming for continuity at a time when the US economy is breaking free from a deep recession.
Obama interrupt...
DATE: Aug 26, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other |
Reuters historical calendar - August 25
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Aug. 25 since 1900:
1936 - Sixteen opponents of Soviet leader Josef Stalin were executed after a show trial.
1940 - Lithuania, Latvi...
@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Tuesday, August 25, the 237th day of 2009. There are 128 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil.
In 1875, Capt. Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across th...
Poor service, no sale
August 18, 2009
Dear Sir,
I would have thought in times of a serious economic down-turn that local businesses would go out of their way to offer good service. We are continually asked by the retail industry in Bermuda to 'Buy Be...
Trekking abroad gets tougher for Bermuda residents. For hundreds of years, we have travelled openly and often in the pursuit of both trade and leisure.
We have enthusiastically embraced cultures, customs, cuisine, and cousins — all in the experiencin...
The absence of Her Majesty the Queen from our 400th Anniversary celebrations seemed to get more publicity in England than it did here.
Bermudians do need to understand, though, that Dr. Brown's agreement to give safe haven to Guantánamo Bay prisoners...
FRANKFURT (AP) — Volkswagen AG's supervisory board yesterday approved absorbing Porsche into VW by the end of 2011, with an initial stake to be acquired this year for 3.3 billion euros ($4.72 billion), the Wolfsburg-based company said in a statement....
Congratulations, but ...
July 28, 2009
Dear Sir,
Bermuda this year celebrates 400 years of continuous habitation.
400 years of economic progress
400 years of social progress
400 years of societal growth
400 years of government change and progress
40...
Three prominent international publications suggested the Queen has snubbed Bermuda's 400th anniversary celebrations due to the Premier's decision to allow four former Guantánamo Bay prisoners to resettle in Bermuda.
The Times, The Daily Telegraph and...
