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At the risk of bringing down the vengeance of Mother Nature; to be honest, this winter has not been particularly difficult and there have been more fishable days than we might usually expect at this time of the year. March is now in sight and the fis...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
This week I had the pleasure of catching up with one of my old sparring partners, Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris.
Ron, who made a record 795 appearances for Chelsea during a Stamford Bridge career spanning a staggering 19 years, has been visiting the Island on...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Continuing Series Bermuda Investment Primer Chapter 3: Bonds
When is a bond not a great investment? When the bond issuer defaults on repayment of the principal.
Investors value stocks based upon their ability to appreciate over time. Investors value...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Hardcore decisions are mandatory to revive our national cricket programme.
For far too long we have embraced mediocrity and accepted poor excuses for our results overseas. We need to stop pacifying players and bending over backwards to accommodate t...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
It is only fitting that this week’s top 20 include some kind of tribute to Whitney Houston, the diva, singer and vocalist extraordinaire. Her untimely passing was just totally sad. I was chatting with a client the other night who said: “We all watche...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
Valentine’s Day got off to a bumpy start. I was unclipping Princess Chloe from her car seat and getting a little frustrated at the level of procrastination. “Hurry up!” I said, as rush hour traffic whistled past my ear. “If you don’t get a move on I’...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
While attending a plenary session at a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nairobi 18 months ago, I listened to a number of politicians from many countries speak to the problematic relationship they have with the media. Speaker after...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
Pernell Grant’s victory in his four year quest for justice in his case of discrimination against Apex Limited is not only a story of one man’s courage and perseverance, but also highlights how Bermudians continue to be discriminated against even in t...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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I know that challenge leads to hard work and that hard work produces results. People who expect to be given all the good things in life just because they were born to privilege or come from a certain strata in society, or because they enjoy a particu...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
On Thursday night I attended the CFA Society of Bermuda's forecast dinner during which Tony Boeckh gave the keynote address. What follows are a couple of key points I picked up from the address and from reading his book “The Great Reflation” that I h...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
