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A seminar that provided inside information on how to successfully respond to government tenders was attended by more than 30 people.
It featured representatives from the Bermuda Housing Corporation, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Department of...
DATE: Feb 24, 2016
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Local Business
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Beyond the Budget numbers there is a social consideration, and cost, to be totted up.
Martha Dismont, executive director of Family Centre, said she was on the panel at the Budget Breakfast to give representation to the people who are struggling in th...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
There was a short but spontaneous burst of applause when Nathan Kowalski pointedly said that “if you want people to use more of something you don’t typically make that something more expensive”.
Speaking as a panellist at the PwC Bermuda-sponsored Ch...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Budgets and debt. The Bermuda Government laid out its plans last week and in Canada, the same is expected in the weeks to come. Each Government has a challenge with the level of debt they should carry to sustain their ability to function effectively...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016
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Bob Richards’ Budget, delivered on Friday, has already attracted a good deal of comment. Unquestionably, there will be plenty more in the weeks to come.
The Government says it has put debt reduction at the top of its list, and rightly so — debt servi...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016
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Bermuda Works
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Bermudian-based Maiden Holdings yesterday reported profits of $24.7 million for the fourth quarter of last year.
The reinsurer’s earnings were down $2.8 million on the same period in 2014.
The quarterly figures are equal to 32 cents per share, compar...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
John Wight, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce president, yesterday backed a new tax on services unveiled in last week's Budget.
Mr Wight said there was “ a great deal of alignment” between Chamber members and Government on the Budget plans to tackle th...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The price of servicing the Island’s debt will outstrip the cost of the country’s most expensive ministry within two years unless action is taken, Bob Richards warned yesterday.
Mr Richards, the finance minister, said that the debt service costs this ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Royal Gazette/BSX plunged 67.46 points, or 5.54 per cent, to 1,150.78.
The Bank of Butterfield dropped 15 cents, or 8.5 per cent, to $1.60 after 32,616 shares traded.
Insurance firm Argus fell 19 cents, or 4.7 per cent, to $3.85 after 200 shares ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Ricky Spence struggled in school and knew his career choices were limited.
His best option, he decided, was to join the family barbering trade. He was in his twenties when he opened his shop on Glebe Road 35 years ago. The rules he set himself then h...
DATE: Feb 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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