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Spending on housing has increased, but residents have significantly cut back on life insurance and pension contributions.
That is according to the Department of Statistics, which yesterday released the 2006 Personal Consumption Patterns report which ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2008
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NASHIK, India (AP) - Bulls lumber down dusty roads, cow-dung patties bake in the sun, and women in bright saris pluck grapes from manicured fields, their bangles jangling with every toss.
Welcome to India's wine country.
This sleepy town in western I...
DATE: Mar 31, 2008
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One of the pleasant things about attending an event like the World Insurance Forum (WIF), from a reporter's viewpoint, is that you get a rare chance to chat with top-level figures in the industry off the record.
That can often lead to learning what p...
DATE: Mar 25, 2008
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The Digicel Haiti Foundation marked its one-year anniversary with the achievement of delivering on a promise to build 20 primary schools in its first year of operation, two in each district of Haiti.
The primary schools, which are completely furnishe...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Former Hong Kong Governor Lord Patten will be among the guest speakers at the Bermuda-organised World Insurance Forum (WIF) in Dubai next week.
Organisers confirmed last night that the former British Cabinet Minister will speak to more than 350 deleg...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Bermuda insurance leaders will be weighing up Dubai's potential as an alternative business location, as well as a source of business opportunities, when they converge on the Middle Eastern city for the World Insurance Forum (WIF) next week.
That is t...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Bill Gates is coming back to Capitol Hill with the same wish list he has had for years: more visas for highly skilled workers, more math, science and engineering in schools and more money for technology investment.
Today, Mr. Gates'...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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The cost of fuel and power rose almost 28 percent in a year, helping to propel the annual inflation rate to 3.9 percent, Government statistics show.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for January show that year-on-year costs in the transport and vehi...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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CHICAGO (AP) — Like their peers elsewhere, the students at a one-of-a-kind public elementary school on the South Side of Chicago are dazzled by pop-culture stars — Beyonce and Common, Kanye West and Lil' Wayne, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
Listen cl...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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For years I have been begging people not to use tax withholding as a forced savings tool.
I understand the reasoning. Times are tight and people want some financial security, even if it means letting the federal government keep their money out of fea...
DATE: Mar 08, 2008
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