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to other industries, Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA) companies responded yesterday that they too are concerned about the current tax structure and want it changed.
The criticism intensified with an advertisement in yesterday's newsp...
DATE: Nov 29, 1996
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Bermuda's eight major hotels, due to announce their combined financial results next week, are expected to report disappointing results following a lacklustre 1996 tourism season.
And the hoteliers could use the figures to lobby Finanace Minister Gran...
DATE: Nov 29, 1996
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on franchises can only be read in tandem with the Companies Act, and that if placed in the proper context, contentious wording of a key provision takes on a completely different meaning than when read on its own.
The first provision of this policy st...
DATE: Nov 15, 1996
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establish a McDonald's restaurant, it has emerged. And Finance Minister Grant Gibbons this week questioned the fairness of refusing Grape Bay's incorporation when there was no policy that discouraged it.
But after decades of Government officials tout...
DATE: Nov 15, 1996
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Employers will be given a grace period well into the next century to comply with planned provisions in a new Pensions Bill.
New primary legislation will establish a Pensions Commission -- a new, regulatory and supervisory body for all pension schemes...
DATE: Nov 12, 1996
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involved directly in gambling was behind a decision that has halted a controversial Canadian company from moving here.
Involved in a number of lawsuits in Canada and the US, with outstanding allegations of fraud and market manipulation, Gaming Lotter...
DATE: Nov 01, 1996
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International companies may be taking the best of the local talent away from Bermuda companies because of better pay.
A senior Bermudian executive with a local captive management firm sees it as one of the issues facing the local industry.
Mrs. Irmga...
DATE: Oct 21, 1996
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brought against it by a Bermuda exempted company, Seanav International Limited.
Seanav is the charter owners of the M/V Yorkgate, which was chartered by the Switzerland-based Glencore International AG for the carriage of 1,500 metric tons of bulk fer...
DATE: Oct 07, 1996
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urged his corporate colleagues to make a real contribution to the "war on drugs'' by implementing drug and alcohol policies in the workplace.
Mr. Madeiros used the forum of a quarterly letter to the utility's shareholders to declare: "Supporting educ...
DATE: Oct 02, 1996
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magazine has led to the rating of the US operations of Sedgwick Group as the top insurance broker.
Sedgwick, a worldwide insurance brokerage, risk services and employee benefits consulting firm, has local offices in Hamilton.
Sedgwick topped the list...
DATE: Oct 01, 1996
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