Archive for November 1st, 2011
Bermudian Named Top Aussie Entrepreneur
Transplanted Bermudian Will Young — who took the poet’s advice to heart and is measuring out his life and career in coffee spoons — has been named as one of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs by communications giant Nokia. His Campos Coffee, a now-legendary cafe Mr. Young opened nine years ago, draws connoisseur crowds from all over... Read more of this article
Second Screening For “The Interrupters”
A second screening has been added for “The Interrupters”, an award-winning film about the crime prevention programme, CeaseFire Chicago. The film will screen on Saturday [Nov. 5] at 6 p.m. in the Tradewinds Auditorium of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. It screened to a sold-out audience at the Bermuda Documentary Film Festival... Read more of this article
Zacks Reaffirms Everest’s Neutral Rating
Bermuda’s Everest Re Groups stock had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Zacks Investment Research in a research note issued to investors on Monday [Oct. 31]. The analysts currently have a $95.00 price target on the stock. Zacks’ analyst wrote, “Everest Re’s third quarter 2011 earnings came substantially... Read more of this article
College Addresses The Education Gender Gap
The Bermuda College is pondering the gender gap in local education with an art show and student forum this week. With Bermudian females continuing to far outpace males when it comes to pursuing higher education, the Bermuda College Art Gallery concludes its series of fall 2011 art exhibitions with an opening this Thursday [Nov. 3] of an exhibition entitled:... Read more of this article
PartnerRe Reports Q3 & Nine Month Results
Bermuda’s PartnerRe Ltd. yesterday [Oct.31] reported net income of $180.1 million, or $2.43 per share on a fully diluted basis for the third quarter of 2011. This net income includes net after-tax realised and unrealised gains on investments of $6.2 million, or $0.09 per share. Net income for the third quarter of 2010 was $524.9 million, or $6.76... Read more of this article
Bermuda-Owned Dog Featured In Magazine
Doggone it! Bermuda-owned Rottweiler Tatunka vom Eschenhagen was featured on the cover of a recent edition of “Total Rottweiler Magazine.” Owned by Jack Castle, Donna Castle and Adrienne Dehaas, Tantunka vom Eschenhagen is a five-year-old male who has compiled an impressive resume that includes national titles from Bermuda, America, Canada... Read more of this article
Accountant General To Launch New System
The Accountant General’s Department is in the final stages of the implementation of a major upgrade to the Government’s financial information management system. The financial information management system is being upgraded from the J D Edwards World version to the Enterprise One (“E1”) version and will go live tomorrow [Nov.2]. The upgraded... Read more of this article
