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Lately I have been getting many requests from people interested in starting online businesses. In this article we will discuss what an online business is and the basic steps for getting started. An online/internet business is in most regards no diff...

One of billionaire Warren Buffett’s top executives was canned after he painted the town red on a Bermuda getaway with other senior employees. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has since named Bob Merritt chief executive officer of its Benjamin Moore paint...

Flexibility. We have all heard of the saying that “if you keep doing something the same way you will still get the same results!” Old habits can die hard but it is critical when we are in difficult or awkward situations that we be flexible in our ap...

Ratings agency, AM Best, has removed from under review with developing implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Validus Re Americas, Ltd. (Validus Re Americas) (Bermuda) and its af...

We must go further, faster with immigration reform if we are to stem job losses in international business. Heads turned last month when the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) called for “accelerated action by the Government” to ste...

It’s not what you do, sometimes it’s how you do it that makes the difference between success or not. If something we are doing is not working out for us, we tend to assume that we are bad at it. It could just be that we have an inefficient or miscalc...

Congratulations to: Edward (Icewater) Smith of Cann Drive, Somerset whose birthday is today. Mary Simmons of Rockaway, Southampton whose birthday is today. Gerald and Shirley Lawrence of Smiths whose 54th wedding anniversary was yesterday. To have a...

KeyTech jumped nine cents (1.81 percent) on the Bermuda Stock Exchange last week, closing at $5.05 with 7,000 shares trading. KeyTech’s market capitalisation now stands at $73.5 million. Meanwhile, the Argus Group dropped three cents (.80 percent), t...

As the Greeks went to the polls this weekend, I was focused on something much more important, Father’s Day. In light of the gloom and doom in the global markets lately, I have decided to write something on the lighter side this week paying homage to...

Tyrone Smith has set himself an ambitious target of winning a medal in the men’s long jump at the Olympic Games. Although Smith admits he is slightly behind schedule in his preparations for London 2012, he is confident of peaking in August when he wi...