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Risk, volatility, and perceptions of strength. Another long tiresome week in capital markets where investors had to witness severe swings of positive and negative values. Volatility in capital markets is tracked by the Volatility Index.
The VIX, as ...
DATE: Aug 20, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
If you haven’t made a run offshore, it is getting to be high time to do so. The Bermuda-Azores high currently in place will keep the cold fronts away, for a while at least. Then we can expect a continuing deterioration of the weather and even the mos...
DATE: Aug 20, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
The first Premier League weekend supported a lot of what I said last week in regards to the title contenders and those who will fight it out for the remaining places in the table.
The likes of Manchester United and Manchester City are both up and run...
DATE: Aug 20, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
WASHINGTON - Welcome to the new Washington normal: endless rounds of legislative carjacking.
Perhaps that’s unduly grim pessimism fuelled by the exhaustion of the moment. Perhaps, having peered into the abyss of political gridlock and economic colla...
DATE: Aug 20, 2011
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I don’t make mother-in-law jokes, because mine happens to be perfect. A bold statement I know, but it’s true. In the history of our 17-year relationship, we’ve only had one rocky moment when she gave me a rather large pair of leopard-print lycra knic...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Appalled, disrespected, and offended, are all words I could use to describe my initial feelings last week when I saw that the Bermuda national football team’s training squad did not include one St George’s player.
How long are we in St George’s goin...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Last week I wrote about the need for an attitude adjustment in our people. One of my mentors took me to task, suggesting that it is better for a person to get financial assistance than actually go out to work! He is right, because in some cases annua...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
After the horrible riots in the UK, the country's Prime Minister David Cameron probably had the support of many people when he said: “And as I said yesterday, no phoney human rights concerns about publishing photographs will get in the way of bringin...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ahmed Elamin
BAD is acting badly. In the latest incarnation of its long running effort to abolish conscription in Bermuda, Bermudians Against the Draft have launched a campaign to persuade young black men not to cast their ballot in the next general election. The...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
The government’s new indication of granting Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC) to long-term key employees is an excellent economic decision to foster a broader sense of community and encourage a more stable and growing employment base.
The big pr...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
