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A clutch of Louis Vuitton handbags will soon be a financial lifesaver for cash-strapped fashionistas. For gold-buying firm Gold Standard is to expand its business — offering short term loans against designer gear, high-end watches and iPads. Gold Sta...

Major projects could be built in partnership with the private sector — and might help kick-start the economy, a top accountant said yesterday. And Malcolm Butterfield, a managing director at KPMG, added the public/private partnership (3P) model could...

Bermuda has three years to get its economy in order, in the assessment of the SAGE Commission. But last night’s full house at the second public meeting of the Spending and Government Efficiency task force was repeatedly told: hold your MPs accountabl...

Close to 100 residents filled a church hall to hear clear warnings that Bermuda is heading for bankruptcy if the country continues on its present financial course. The first of the final leg of public meetings by the SAGE Commission was held last nig...

September 12, 2013 Dear Sir, There is an expression that states if a person goes down the same road, there is no expectation of a different result... I have looked at the potential plans of both the ruling government and the corporation of Hamilton a...

Bermuda’s economy officially recorded negative growth for a fourth straight year in 2012. Last year saw a 1.4 percent decline in the Gross Domestic Product, which was equal to $5.5 billion, the Department of Statistics said. Adjusted for inflation, ...

August 23, 2013 Dear Sir, You might have though earlier this week that the economy and tourism were continuing to decline, given some of the gloomy reporting on tourism and the state of the economy. But hidden in those announcements was quite a lot o...

Finance Minister Bob Richards insisted this week that recently released budget figures are indications for optimism about the economy — even if revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 are showing less than $300,000 increase over the same period...

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...