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When I read this year’s Budget in the relationship with the state of the economy and society, I had to fall back on my cricket analogies. The comparison I give would be that my opponent has declared at 350 and my team are on 110 and we just lost the ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
On February 16, 1659 a cheque was used for the first time in Britain by a Nicholas Vanacker, to settle a debt.
With only 20 square miles of land to appreciate, surely we should take advantage of our climate and maintain what we have left of nature’s...
DATE: Feb 21, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Griffiths
David Burt, in his recent Budget Statement, has announced plans to crack down on payroll tax abuse. The Premier gave the example of a partner in a law or accounting firm who might declare a notional salary of $200,000 but actually earn $1 million fro...
DATE: Feb 21, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Peter Sanderson
This week I took the opportunity to interview one of my clients, Karla Brookes. She is over 50 and has been training with me for the past seven years. As we get older, sometimes we think it is too late in life to begin a fitness routine. However, as ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2018
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Betty Doyling
I have said it in a previous opinion (“Strong opposition to PLP is needed”) and I will say it again, that when all is said and done, the Government’s primary role is “to allocate resources”. I will also add “to set the ground rules to determine oppor...
DATE: Feb 21, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
America’s ballooning budget deficit, the winding down of central bank bond purchases and a recent whiff of inflation have conspired to push interest rates higher. Global bonds markets were relatively well behaved last year as rates marked time within...
DATE: Feb 20, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Bryan Dooley
The first thing I was vividly reminded of when reading the 2018-19 Budget in detail was just what a fantastic job the Progressive Labour Party did in opposition and how it truly is the master of spin, hyperbole and blatant trickery.
Trickery, it see...
DATE: Feb 20, 2018
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David Burt, the Minister of Finance and Premier, has a tough job. Nothing is easier than a critic who carries no responsibility to snipe from the sidelines and say what a rotten job he is doing. I have no intention to do that, and right from the star...
DATE: Feb 17, 2018
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This is the final article of a three-part series discussing when a foreign national, such as a Bermudian or Bermuda resident, can be classified as a US tax resident under US tax regulations. This week is focused on what happens when a Bermudian inadv...
DATE: Feb 17, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
“Everything will be tokenised and connected by a blockchain one day.”
— Fred Ehrsam
Recently my mother asked me: “What’s all this fuss about blockchain and cryptocurrency?” The question my mother asked is part of a broader discussion that is now hap...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Wayne Caines
