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The UK’s bank regulator recently banned British banks from mass marketing a new type of hybrid debt instrument to retail investors, but that hasn’t stopped institutional investors from piling in. These new securities known as contingent convertible b...
DATE: Dec 16, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bryan Dooley
You may have seen the highly acclaimed television show “House”, which is based on a fictional Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. Dr Gregory House tackles potentially terminal health mysteries as would a medical Sherlock Holmes. His...
DATE: Dec 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Why is it that anything even approaching a decent day for fishing; bright sunshine, light winds and a virtual calm, almost always occur midweek when the workers among us have no choice but to keep our noses to the grindstone. Add to the fact that it ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Create meaningful memories this holiday season. We know from local news statistics that the holidays will be more difficult for many, many Bermuda families. Money is tight. Job retention and prospects for new employment are still tentative, even with...
DATE: Dec 13, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
We pause this week to take a more global reflection on the cricket arena.
Undoubtedly, those of us who consider ourselves fanatics of the game would be cognisant of the death of Phillip Hughes. This young Australian batsman was in the prime of his l...
DATE: Dec 12, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Welcome to 6.0 minutes — a round-up of random semi-related issues.
Bermudian Brushes
First off the bat, condolences to the family and friends of Mr Peter Woolcock; one of the many media folks that I never had the chance to meet in person.
Often I w...
DATE: Dec 12, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
I have to start this with a confession. I haven’t bought my kids salad spinners for Christmas. I have actually bought them American Girl dolls. I did my best to pretend they didn’t exist (the dolls, not my kids …) but Chloe is in P2. Six-year-olds ta...
DATE: Dec 12, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither apparently was the Casino Gaming Act. This, Mr. Editor, is legislation of elephantine proportions: some 100 plus pages of over 200 clauses that any reasonable person might regard as complex, if not complicated, mos...
DATE: Dec 12, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
There isn’t just a hole to fill on page 4, Mr Editor. There is a hole in all our hearts. I am saddened to know that my column will no longer get to bask in the glow of Peter’s good humour. He was a great companion to all of us each Friday over the ye...
DATE: Dec 12, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Quality leadership is essential in every area of public life.
Those who aspire to positions of responsibility, whether it is politics, or any part of community activity, should be aware that leadership requires setting a good example, as well as uph...
DATE: Dec 11, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
