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HSBC Bermuda CEO Richard Moseley says his bank is flush with capital and keen to lend — but it has tightened lending standards in recent years to avoid making the same mistakes the industry made in the pre-crisis period.
In his Budget statement last ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Jonathan Kent
Polish adventurer Aleksander Doba is still in need of a boat to take him and his kayak ‘OLO’ 300 miles south of Bermuda to the point where he was blown off his original course.
There was hope the recently-arrived sail-training vessel Tres Hombres wou...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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HSBC Bermuda is seeing a growing number of clients who have signed their paperwork and are ready to borrow, but are waiting before they buy a property.
The revelation came during an interview with the bank’s top executives after they released their f...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Jonathan Kent
Wildcat strikes by ferry and bus staff will be illegal in the near future if proposed changes to labour laws are approved.
And the controversial move could put Government on a collision course with the Bermuda Industrial Union, which has brought publ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
John Kennedy, Bermuda’s oldest retired branch pilot may be nine decades old, but it’s hard to catch him at home. In his retirement he likes to be out gallivanting.
Mr Kennedy, celebrated his 90th birthday on February 22. Shortly before his birthday,...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Bermuda Hospitality Institute has launched a series of YouTube videos in the build-up to next month’s Plates of Passion event.
The April 3 event is intended both to kick off the 2014 Hospitality Month and raise funds for hospitality education pro...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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The House Ways and Means Committee released an almost 1,000-page discussion draft entitled Tax Reform Act of 2014. The stated purpose of the proposed legislation is to lower individual and corporation income tax rates, simplify the Internal Revenue C...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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The price of gas has gone up by 5.3 cents a litre.
The change means that the maximum cost at the pumps will now be 212.30 cents a litre.
Diesel fuel has also gone up by 1.2 cents a litre with the new maximum price set at 188.80 cents a litre.
Kerosen...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Premier Craig Cannonier was accused of failing to provide value for money during yesterday’s debate on the Cabinet Office budget.
In an often heated six-hour debate, Opposition leader Marc Bean also claimed that the Premier’s office had lost the conf...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Government has tabled legislation aimed at extending duty relief for the Island’s hotels and restaurants.
The Hotels (Temporary Customs Duty Relief) Amendment Bill 2014 and the Restaurants (Temporary Customs Duty Relief) Amendment Bill 2014 were both...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
