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I recently had the opportunity to review the 2011 Economic Impact Study put out by the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers a few months ago. There is something rather odd going on: their narrative is at odds with their own data.
In commen...
DATE: Sep 12, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
As the One Bermuda Alliance candidate for Pembroke Central, I have spent the past three months listening to people’s concerns and answering their questions. Walton Brown wrote an article last week asking for more details on “what the OBA would do if ...
DATE: Sep 12, 2012
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In 1902 James Allen wrote a little book that has become a classic. His book was titled As a Man Thinketh, and it is taken from thoughts in the book of Proverbs, namely, Proverbs 23:7. In the context that reads, “Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,...
DATE: Sep 11, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
“Tear down this wall” were the dramatic words uttered by the late American President, Ronald Reagan, while speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 1987.
Hastily constructed in 1961 to halt the flow of people from east to west, the Berlin Wall ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
“To be prepared is half the victory,” said Spanish writer, Miguel De Cervantes of Don Quixote fame. A notion that certainly echoed in the aisles of the various hardware and grocery stores as flashlights, batteries, barbecue coals, water and rations w...
DATE: Sep 11, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Labour Day may have come and gone, but the war for jobs is just getting started.
I finished reading a book by Jim Clifton, chairman of Gallup, called “The Coming Jobs War” and it was a very prescient read on the world's current situation.
It is like...
DATE: Sep 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Some people seem surprised by Jamaica's 2-1 home win over USA but I, for one, saw it coming.
Anyone who knows anything about Jamaican football will have not been overly shocked by the result, either.
Jamaica have some very good players and in footbal...
DATE: Sep 10, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Bermuda's economy in crisis
Tourism contributing less to Bermuda's economy
Don't expect food prices –to fall any time soon
Government to allow access to pension funds for tenants in rental arrears
Immigration policy–threatens recovery
Lost dividends ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Swan and Burchall
Now, I don’t care if you like it or not, but I complain (constantly) about people that irritate me.
I’m the first to admit my age has a lot to do with it (hence the name of the column) and one of my favourite rants is the younger, unappreciative gene...
DATE: Sep 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Grumpy Old Man
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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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
