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Investment markets took a sharp rise upwards on Thursday of this week in reaction to supportive moves from the European Central Bank, under president Mario Draghi, with the implementation of an unlimited buying programme of EU zone sovereign debt. Ye...
DATE: Sep 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
A letter to the Editor this week raised an intriguing point about crime and safety in Bermuda.
The letter, rightly, pointed out that the police have reported that overall crime is falling, but online comments and general discussion reflect the belie...
DATE: Sep 07, 2012
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Editorials
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August 30, 2012
Dear Sir,
There are three kinds of blasphemy that statistics are commonly used for: lies, damn lies, and politics. In beautiful Bermuda right now, we have a bubbling summer stew of all three cooking up over the fire that is crime. Des...
DATE: Sep 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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Dividends de Rigueur. A basket of dividend-producing stocks used to be called the old people’s retirement portfolio. The stocks had certain characteristics, sort of like the retirees themselves: consistent payouts, relatively stable dividend yields, ...
DATE: Sep 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
For isolated islanders in Bermuda, the internet is our window to the world. Upset that comfort level with interruptions in internet service, and you will incur the wrath of the individually confined along with serious businesses.
The internet amazes...
DATE: Aug 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
August 18, 2012
Dear Sir,
As a regular visitor to Bermuda and a US ad agency exec for over 20 years, I think the new tourism campaign is utterly useless. I can’t imagine anyone choosing to visit Bermuda as a result of seeing these ads. By contrast, w...
DATE: Aug 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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By Martha Myron
New filing compliance procedures for non-resident US taxpayers
Effective September 1, 2012, a new procedure from US Internal Revenue Service will be available for persons listed above who are not aware of, or now seek to come into, c...
DATE: Aug 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Let me first thank Kevin Comeau for his response in the Tuesday edition of this newspaper to my earlier comments. This is precisely the sort of engaged debate we should be having around critical issues rather than the diatribes passing for discussion...
DATE: Aug 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
It is the season of calm; when the doldrums are omnipresent. Largely brought about by the influence of the summer Bermuda-Azores high pressure system, the lack of wind means that the seas are calm and the days are hot, hot, hot! While there may be li...
DATE: Aug 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Part 2 — Money laundering series.
Money laundering has been a focus in the media of late, due to the alleged non-compliance with, and circumvention of US Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations by international banking institutions situated in the U...
DATE: Aug 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
