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Understanding bonds, part 3
Companies, governments, individual investors need or want bonds; they are bought and sold every day by the billions of dollars.
You now know what a bond looks like, what coupon (interest rate) it can pay, how much the fac...
DATE: Oct 22, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The weather is having difficulties making the usual seasonal transition from summer to winter. After all, there really isn’t autumn here — it cools off and becomes the sort of summer most people dream about.
Then, boom, in comes winter as the northe...
DATE: Oct 22, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Technology has become an ever-changing, ever-evolving animal. An animal with a hunger for consuming both machinery and manpower.
Thirty years ago, we were all fascinated with the ability to rent movies on video cassette and/or record television shows...
DATE: Oct 21, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
There’s nothing like a browse through the aisles at People’s Pharmacy to make me realise that Hallowe’en has changed — partly because time has marched on, partly because Hallmark are so bloody good at their jobs and partly because I’m on the other si...
DATE: Oct 21, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
The most amazing, incredible and unexpected thing that happened to me when I turned 50 was that I began to fulfil my dreams. I suddenly realised that my time is not infinite. If it’s not now that I do, feel, try and taste something new, then when?
T...
DATE: Oct 20, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
Flexible dieting, sounds a bit strange doesn’t it?
By definition, dieting isn’t supposed to be flexible. It’s about cutting things out, restriction, sticking to a set plan and summoning bucketloads of willpower in the hope you’ll see the numbers on...
DATE: Oct 19, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Becky Wright
On viewing our scenic South Shore waters on a calm sunny day, there is usually no sign of hidden dangers beneath the surface in the form of undercurrents that have caught even strong swimmers off guard, and there have been occasions when some have ha...
DATE: Oct 19, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
“Hunt isn’t one of us.” Rico, a black friend of mine, said those words about me behind my back. To him, I wasn’t authentically black. I grew up in too nice of a neighbourhood around too many white people. My family was picture-perfect, and I had neve...
DATE: Oct 19, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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It’s hard to believe that just a week ago it was panic stations. Yet here we are, and while the faint hum of generators and chainsaws can still be heard, I am in awe of how quickly our island has recovered.
It was business as usual for many the very ...
DATE: Oct 19, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
This month we should see a downward movement in temperature.
With that comes the opportunity to do some planting, especially the wide range of annuals which will add colour through the cooler months of the year.
Herbs can also be planted at this tim...
DATE: Oct 18, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Griffiths