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Bermuda continues to have a bright future as a global insurance centre, despite political threats from the US and elsewhere, according to Flagstone Re co-founder Mark Byrne.
What matters to the Island is not whether insurers domicile their holding co...
DATE: Jun 01, 2010
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XL Capital boss Mike McGavick urged US lawmakers to remember what the Bermuda insurance market has done to support the US economy before considering law changes that could harm the Island.
Mr. McGavick made his comments to an audience dominated by in...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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Laptops in a classroom can increase engagement, attentiveness, participation and learning, according to a study of college students, published by this month's edition of the journal Computers & Education.
However, like any other aid to education, the...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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Bermudian Simon Payne is thinking big after establishing his new law practice, Limestone Law Ltd.
Having opened the firm in January, Mr. Payne is setting his long-term sights on building an organisation with subsidiaries in several countries and is a...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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The recession may have a permanent effect on the millennial generation, also called Generation Y.
They are the 18- to 29-year-olds who have graduated with good college degrees into a no-jobs job market, and they are still, in large numbers, underempl...
DATE: May 22, 2010
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PersonalFinance: Smart guide to charitable giving
(Corrects paragraph three to say that Fidelity's Charitable Gift Fund had its biggest first quarter ever in the first quarter of 2010, not its biggest quarter ev...
DATE: May 15, 2010
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Can communication technologies change your way of thinking? Or, more precisely can communication technologies get in the way of thinking and understanding?
The answer is of course, yes. We have understood this for some time. Each communications techn...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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Inflation rose to its highest level so far this year hitting 2.3 percent during march, according to the latest figures released by Government.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Price Index report revealed that the inflation rate jumped from 1.3 ...
DATE: May 10, 2010
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Bermuda Gas & Utility Company is stepping up its educational campaign to teach Bermudians about the advantages of using propane gas in today's increasingly energy conscious world.
In an interview with The Royal Gazette, Damon Wade, senior vice-presid...
DATE: May 10, 2010
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Last week's column about Facebook and privacy was sparked off by an incident that occurred to a friend on the network. His wife had been stuck over in Europe during the closure of much of its airspace last month due to the ash cloud caused by an Icel...
DATE: May 05, 2010
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