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One of the keys to keeping international insurance industry jobs in Bermuda is to show “more red carpet and less red tape” in order to attract and keep job creators on the Island, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Caroline Foulger.
Global c...
DATE: Jun 17, 2011
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Economy
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Bermuda's economy is on the line as Government repeatedly “jumps through hoops” to try to bring greater tax transparency, according to Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards.
Mr Richards questioned the naivety of the Ministry of Finance as the House of...
DATE: Jun 04, 2011
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Economy
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More than 75 guest workers have gone home since Government started its moratorium on work permits in certain job categories and that number is expected to rise to almost 150 in the coming weeks.
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Kim Wilson reveale...
DATE: Jun 02, 2011
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Economy
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Liquidators of the folded Bermuda branch of the British American Insurance Company (BAICO) have struck a deal to sell the insurer’s Front Street building.
The sum raised by the sale, which has been agreed subject to contract, has not been revealed an...
DATE: Jun 02, 2011
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Economy
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NEW YORK (Reuters) US consumers turned more pessimistic this month, while home prices fell back below crisis-era lows in March, pointing to an economy that continues to struggle.
There were also more signs of softness in manufacturing, as a barometer...
DATE: Jun 01, 2011
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Economy
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BERLIN/VIENNA (Reuters) European officials met yesterday to sketch out options for a second bailout package for Greece, with private sector participation still under discussion to help relieve the country of its massive debt burden.
Senior EU finance...
DATE: Jun 01, 2011
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Economy
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A new tax convention put forward by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) would be the “death penalty” for Bermuda and other jurisdictions, according to Dan Mitchell, of US think tank the Cato Institute.
Mr Mitchell, who w...
DATE: Jun 01, 2011
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Economy
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Bermuda took centre stage for the third meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes this week under the watchful eyes of the rest of the world.
The Island played host to the Organisation for Economic Co-op...
DATE: Jun 01, 2011
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Economy
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Forum being held in Bermuda this week is testament to the Island becoming one of the first jurisdictions to implement the new international standards on tax information exchange...
DATE: May 31, 2011
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Economy
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The tax threat from the US still exists very much but Bermuda is in a far stronger position than it was a year ago.
That is according to Eli Lehrer, vice-president of US think tank The Heartland Institute, who was on the Island last week meeting with...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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