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These are scary and depressing times for investors, but especially so for retirees and other folks who need to squeeze regular income from their investments.
Yields on Treasury notes have fallen from 3.99 percent in April to 2.93 percent last week. M...
DATE: Jul 10, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose more than one percent yesterday, rallying for a fourth straight session as stunning jobs data lifted investor confidence, while firm resource prices helped materials lead the gains.
Materials were u...
DATE: Jul 10, 2010
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Bermuda Resident Family, Two Adults, Two Children
$100,000 combined wages
Amount Items Avge. Est Amount
Tax/inflation ($)
100,000 Payroll tax 5.75% 5,750
Land tax - est. in rent [AT] ½ property 1,900
Misc. Stamp Duty 300
15,600 Food/care[AT]$400/...
DATE: Jul 10, 2010
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Local stocks fell yesterday, dragged lower by falls in the share prices of Butterfield Bank Bank and KeyTech Ltd.
Telecommunications group KeyTech, owner of the Bermuda Telephone Company and M3 Wireless, fell 70 cents, or nine percent, to $7.05 on th...
DATE: Jul 10, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan, the regulator who oversees the nation's largest banks, said he would leave office on August 14, near the end of his term.
Dugan helped steer major policy decisions during the 2007-2009 fi...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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KPMG's Bermuda operation has appointed Stephen Caton to the newly-created position of chief operating officer.
In making the announcement KPMG managing partner Neil Patterson said: "We have been looking for a COO for some time and we are delighted th...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — US online retailer Amazon has launched a grocery website in Britain, offering customers products from companies including Kraft, Pepsi and Proctor & Gamble.
In a move that increases competition for current market leaders Tesco PLC, J Sa...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones) - The slow economy and falling insurance rates have produced a rare one-two punch for property-casualty companies, said Mark Watson, chief executive officer of Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.
Commercial insur...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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Ascendant Group Ltd. yesterday announced several executive appointments, effective immediately, within its subsidiaries.
Andrew Parsons has been named president of Belco. Mr. Parsons joined the utility as senior accountant in 1990 and was made execut...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator dismissed a newspaper report that it was considering sidestepping new EU rules on banker pay under which only up to 30 percent of a bonus can be paid up front.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), w...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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