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Most people think of fine wine as an expensive treat - but the managers of an unusual investment fund see it as a way of enhancing wealth.
After the Wine Investment Fund's (WIF) first five-year investment period closed last August, its investors were...
DATE: Apr 22, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index made solid gains yesterday, spurred by stronger oil prices and optimistic comments from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, while Teck Cominco soared 37 percent on news it had deferred billions in de...
DATE: Apr 22, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said yesterday global write-downs of toxic debt could reach $4.1 trillion as banks and financial institutions come to grips with bad assets and seek more capital to weather the economic crisis.
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DATE: Apr 22, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - I'm typing this in between perusing Facebook, trying (and failing) to master a guitar-simulation game and listening to Internet radio on my smart phone.
And no, I'm not using an iPhone. I'm using a BlackBerry Curve 8900 to try out the...
DATE: Apr 22, 2009
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Bermuda has been proactive in preparing to cope with major problems in its economy says the author of a major review of British offshore financial centres.
Financial expert Michael Foot yesterday released an interim report into the UK study of regula...
DATE: Apr 22, 2009
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Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday said Bermuda's treatment by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UK Government in their clampdown on tax havens "does not make sense".
She was talking about the Island's inclus...
DATE: Apr 22, 2009
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Empowering administrators and helping them succeed in their careers will be the focus for a conference held by the International Association of Administrative Professional (IAAP) Bermuda Chapter this week.
The IAAP's Annual Administrative Day, entitl...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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We have yet to meet an individual who enjoys paying income taxes to the US Federal and State tax authorities under the United States voluntary system of taxation. However, many individuals take their unhappiness to an extreme to avoid paying income t...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index tumbled more than three percent yesterday as investors fled the market amid a sharp drop in the price of oil and new concerns over the vitality of US banks.
Nine of the TSX's 10 sectors fell, including t...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Offshore centres are rushing to sign data exchange tax deals with small Nordic countries such as Greenland to be taken off a "grey" list of tax havens, making a mockery of a Group of 20 (G20) bid to clamp down on evasion, campaigne...
DATE: Apr 21, 2009
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