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Reputation, reputation, reputation is the mantra for countries seeking high-grade foreign investment. We, in Bermuda, want to do business with the best of the best: countries and companies with impeccable reputations for transparency, fiscal solvency...
DATE: Sep 21, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
It was more than a little disconcerting to see the announcement that Bermuda was placed on France’s tax haven list. One would think that there had to be a substantive reason for this pre-emptive label-tarnishing directly before the G20 meeting that j...
DATE: Sep 07, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
I recently watched an online video commentary by Brian Wesbury at First Trust on basic economics (links to the videos below). What struck me about these pieces was their elegant simplicity in summarising what many would consider complex economic aspe...
DATE: Aug 19, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Should you be watching your investment portfolio? Reuters and several other business media reported last week that the S&P market index was less than a percentage point away from its all–time high. Even with that assessment, trading market volume is ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
A rather patronising phrase of Mr GB Shaw’s, but last weekend in Wales, attending my (dare I admit it) 20-year high school reunion, I glimpsed its reality.
Mine was no horrendous Hollywood-version of high school. I have been looking forward to return...
DATE: Aug 13, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
It is a horrible business for those companies and individuals who after valiantly, in most cases, attempting to keep their finances above water, now must face the realisation that all efforts were for naught. They are insolvent, and must begin the lo...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Empowering the ordinary citizen to expose corruption. A Report on the work of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ).
Bermuda is a pre-eminent international offshore finance centre with global commerce operations and a high-...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Will the Twinkle return to Twinkies? After several weeks of heavy taxing (in more ways than one) discussions regarding the perception and direction of the country, it is time to look at some lighter matters. Thing is, in our rapidly changing world, f...
DATE: Jul 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The Industrial Revolution marked a major transformation in the way the world manufactured and produced goods. Humans largely went from hand-producing individual items to a new manufacturing paradigm involving the use of new tools and machines, harnes...
DATE: Jul 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
US Expatriates have additional worries. On the week before the 4th of July celebrations in the United States, the land of the free and the home of the brave, I write concerning relevant events for former United States citizens who have relinquished t...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
