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Most readers will be familiar with articles I have penned on Bermuda’s debt in past issues of Financial Ramblings from the Rock. The recent refinancing conducted by the Bermuda Government is resurrecting this commentary. I swore to avoid a quotidian ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
As the race for the White House enters its closing stages, with only weeks to go before America decides just who it feels is better suited to be commander-in-chief of the most powerful nation on Earth, the media will be playing a key role in the diff...
DATE: Oct 22, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
It is hard to imagine a presidential election with higher stakes than the present one: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump offer radically different ideas about the country’s direction, and many people believe that one or the other would be catastrophic...
DATE: Oct 22, 2016
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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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Opinion Writer
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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
