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Small businesses are fighting for survival, but optimistic that economic improvement in the US will spread to Bermuda.
Kristi Grayston, head of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, said that if conditions do not improve soon, many small bu...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Minister of National Security David Burch will spearhead a campaign aimed at making it easier to demolish abandoned buildings used for illegal activity.
Addressing the Senate this morning, Senator Burch said the existing protocol is complicated and l...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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GlobalHue will no longer be the Department of Tourism's advertising agency, Minister Patrice Minors announced today.
She revealed at a press conference that the agency did not bid to extend their contract, which ends April 1.
The Minister declined to...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Environment Minister Walter Roban this afternoon scotched rumours that he is professionally or personally linked to HSBC.
In a statement this afteroon, Mr Roban said: “The allegations, made in the public domain this week, were in the context that Min...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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On Friday, Premier Paula Cox will deliver what is perhaps her most important Budget.
With the economy on the slide, the Country will be looking to see what she will try and do to turn it around. And don't forget - she has pledged to make $150m in sav...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Giant media company News Corporation has been forced to pay the Australian Capital Territory 77 million Australian dollars in taxes and penalties after an alleged tax avoidance scheme connected to a Bermuda Stock Exchange-listed company unravelled.
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DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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The construction industry faces some uncertain times ahead if the experiences of one small business owner and contractor are anything to go by.
Alex DeCouto, president of Greymane Contracting, said that new projects had dried up considerably over the...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Construction has been one of the hardest hit industries by the recession over the past two years and 2011 looks to be even worse.
Firms have been laying off staff as work dries up and there are very few projects coming on line to offer any hope of a ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Bermuda is facing the same economic issues as the rest of the world, but it is well-equipped to meet those challenges.
That is the view of Caroline Foulger, partner and re/insurance leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
She said that currently ther...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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The prognosis for international business in 2011 is even more uncertain than ever before.
Companies have been slashing staff and budgets and many have left Bermuda’s shores altogether.
The high cost of doing business on the Island, a low interest rat...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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