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Part II “Crash and Contagion” How the US credit bubble burst wide open and crashed.
As I outlined in the first segment of this column, I believe that the central cause of the global financial crisis that began in 2007, which is still ongoing, was th...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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In the first of a four-part series on understanding the global financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, Bermuda Commercial Bank treasurer Dane Commissiong looks at the roots of the crisis.
Part 1 The Illusion of Prosperity
To even the casual obse...
DATE: Nov 19, 2011
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Many parents in the US are legitimately concerned about the prospects for their college-age children.
After all, today’s students face three overlapping challenges: a long-term structural shift as the world’s effective labour su...
DATE: Nov 12, 2011
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According to The Royal Gazette in July of this year, The National Pension Scheme (Financial Hardship) Amendment Regulations 2011 legislation was passed to allow people access to their private sector pension funds (up to 20% of the balance) under cond...
DATE: Oct 15, 2011
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The movie “Horrible Bosses” is meant to be a dark comedy, but many of us can identify with the characters who conspire to bump off their employers.
Like the characters, we too may have experienced bullying, discrimination and harassment in the workpl...
DATE: Oct 13, 2011
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Q. I am so disappointed with my shares of OfficeMax Inc. Is there any hope for the future?
A. This office-supplies retailer that ranks third behind Staples Inc and Office Depot Inc has been reducing expenses while expanding its product assortment and...
DATE: Sep 03, 2011
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One of my favourite movies is “Failure to Launch”. Not because it's great cinema, I just like the premise.
It's about a 35-year-old, played by Matthew McConaughey, who lives at home and has no intentions of leaving. So his parents hire a woman who sp...
DATE: Sep 03, 2011
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Oh, gold prices may go up again, but investment advisers and regulators are warning investors to be careful about putting too much of their money in gold.
As the stock market has vaulted up and down day after day, investors have fled to gold. But hav...
DATE: Aug 27, 2011
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This graduation season, I have two nieces finishing master’s degree programmes and a nephew about to head off to college.
Those of us who have long since hung our diplomas on the wall know that for those leaving college or high school, graduation is ...
DATE: May 15, 2011
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Two just-released surveys find that a record number of workers have lost faith in their ability to afford retirement.
The 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey conducted by the non-partisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the American Savings...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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