held on the Island.

Windreach, which organises riding and other activities for the disabled, received a $23,000 boost from an event held for associates of Bermuda-based company Star Asset Management Limited.

Star held a special event -- the Star Asset Management Golf Classic and Fun Management Weekend -- for 60 executives from global banks that it associates with as part of its financial management work.

Staff from the Bank of Montreal, Chase, Deutsche, Morgan Stanley, Scotia and others attended the jamboree last weekend.

For the third year in a row Star treated the executives to golf, a cruise, dinner and water sports.

In addition, a putting tournament raised cash for Windreach, with the players contributions matched by Star.

The winning team comprised Peter Everson, Julian Rose, Damian Resnik and Sydney Sherry.

BERMUDA-BASED GLOBAL CROSSING JOINS NASDAQ 100 BY ROGER CROMBIE BUC Bermuda-based Global Crossing joins Nasdaq 100 By Roger Crombie Tomorrow morning, at the start of trading, a Bermuda company will become a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index.

Global Crossing Ltd. is believed to be the first Bermuda company to form part of so highly-regarded a share index.

"It is a considerable honour to be chosen for the Nasdaq-100 Index,'' said Bob Annunziata, Global Crossing's chief executive officer.

"The global economy of the 21st Century is visible among the companies listed on the Nasdaq market today.

We are very pleased that we will be included among the largest companies on Nasdaq, companies that best represent the opportunities that the Nasdaq marketplace brings to investors in the new century.'' The Nasdaq-100 Index was launched in January, 1985.

It rose more than 80 percent in 1998, and a further 23 percent in the first seven months of 1999.

In future, those who invest in Nasdaq-100 Index Shares will also be buying Global Crossing.

Global Crossing is building and operating the world's first and most advanced global IP-based datacentric network, an end-to-end fiber optic platform for data, voice, video and Internet transmissions.

The Global Crossing Network will span five continents and address 80 percent of the world's international traffic.

A new unit of Global Crossing, Global Marine Systems Limited, possesses what it describes as "the largest flotilla of cable laying and maintenance vessels in the world'' and currently services more than a third of the world's undersea cable kilometres.

Global Crossing Ltd.'s operations are headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with executive offices in Los Angeles.

More information on the Nasdaq-100 can be found at www.nasdaq-100.com.

Stars in their eyes: Star Asset Management chairman Jack Crystal, (centre), poses with sons Zev, (left), and David, and the trophy for the winners of a fun weekend held for banking executives by their company.

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