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Realtor Miranda Fountain is stepping back from her job as a busy realtor at the end of December, after nine years immersed in Bermuda’s real estate.
“I was never a career girl,” she said. But despite that, Ms Fountain has had two very big careers, h...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A list of red-flagged countries with poor controls on money laundering and fraud has been highlighted by Government.
Attorney General Mark Pettingill said the list of “serious deficiencies” included totalitarian North Korea, and Iran, which the inter...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Butterfield Bank shares rose 3.5 percent last week to lead the local stock market higher.
The bank gained five cents to close the week on $1.47, as 35,200 shares changed hands. Butterfield’s preference shares also traded, but remained unchanged on $1...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Insurance firm Ace has joined forces with the Bermuda Women’s Council to promote community involvement in business.
The Ace Women’s Forum threw its weight behind the Department of Human Affairs drive to increase community-driven development (CDD) and...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A large movement of Bank of NT Butterfield Ltd stock at an improved price dominated the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
Some 30,000 shares changed hands at 1.47 — up 0.02.
Also moving were 1,600 BF&M shares at an unchanged 17.00.
The total volumes of shares...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Insurer Argus Group Holdings Ltd’s profit for the first six months of its financial year fell by 77 percent to $1.6 million, chiefly as a result of unrealised losses in the value of its fixed-income investments.
Argus chief executive officer Alison H...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
The Government of Bermuda’s senior notes will yield 4.75 percent, indicating a healthy demand for the bond.
When Finance Minister Bob Richards announced the bond offering at the beginning of August, he said he could not prejudge what the interest rat...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Dear Dave,
What would you recommend for 401(k) contributions while getting out of debt?
Chaz
Dear Chaz,
I recommend putting a temporary stop to investing while you’re getting out of debt. Lots of people are shocked by this advice, because they’re a...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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The comments are many.
“It is just does not seem fair, many long-term residents have waited forever just to obtain the right to live here. Others have greatly contributed to the economy, but have no rights at all; they are just considered plain old ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Bermuda’s reinsurers will be among those paying out estimated claims of between $960 million and $1.9 billion related to high winds that battered parts of Western Europe last week.
The range represents the preliminary estimate of catastrophe modellin...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
