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The cost of living and tax burden on the average Bermudian family is significant. It is about to get even worse, due to the government budget shortfall. Taxes are an all too common method for governments to raise money to run the business of the gove...
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The ladies like him. He's got jokes, so the staff likes him too. Despite his reservations, my 81-year-old father-in-law is doing well at the assisted living facility he moved into while my family took a vacation. I was hoping he would want to stay. B...
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Q. I own shares of Williams Companies Inc. Please tell me what you believe their prospects to be.—P.F., via the Internet
A. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have signalled a new national energy focus that will benefit companies such as this na...
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These are scary and depressing times for investors, but especially so for retirees and other folks who need to squeeze regular income from their investments.
Yields on Treasury notes have fallen from 3.99 percent in April to 2.93 percent last week. M...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose more than one percent yesterday, rallying for a fourth straight session as stunning jobs data lifted investor confidence, while firm resource prices helped materials lead the gains.
Materials were u...
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Bermuda Resident Family, Two Adults, Two Children
$100,000 combined wages
Amount Items Avge. Est Amount
Tax/inflation ($)
100,000 Payroll tax 5.75% 5,750
Land tax - est. in rent [AT] ½ property 1,900
Misc. Stamp Duty 300
15,600 Food/care[AT]$400/...
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Local stocks fell yesterday, dragged lower by falls in the share prices of Butterfield Bank Bank and KeyTech Ltd.
Telecommunications group KeyTech, owner of the Bermuda Telephone Company and M3 Wireless, fell 70 cents, or nine percent, to $7.05 on th...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan, the regulator who oversees the nation's largest banks, said he would leave office on August 14, near the end of his term.
Dugan helped steer major policy decisions during the 2007-2009 fi...
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KPMG's Bermuda operation has appointed Stephen Caton to the newly-created position of chief operating officer.
In making the announcement KPMG managing partner Neil Patterson said: "We have been looking for a COO for some time and we are delighted th...
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LONDON (AP) — US online retailer Amazon has launched a grocery website in Britain, offering customers products from companies including Kraft, Pepsi and Proctor & Gamble.
In a move that increases competition for current market leaders Tesco PLC, J Sa...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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