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What drives the price of bitcoin?
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Traders of bitcoin are used to sharp price action, such as the one experienced during the first weekend of December, when the digital currency lost around 20 percent of its value.
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Anger after load shedding hits New Providence
LOAD shedding struck several parts of New Providence on Friday morning, drawing the anger of many consumers.
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Condo project enjoys $5-$6m January sales
THE Caves Heights development has generated $5-$6 million from condo sales in January alone, its vice-president of sales and marketing yesterday telling Tribune Business the oceanfront development was aiming to double last year’s performance.
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Bahamian memories of bid to free Mandela
FREEPORT – Grand Bahama resident Robert Grant - who in the late 1980s was part of a movement in the Bahamas that fought for the Nelson Mandela’ release from prison - expressed deep sadness at the death of the former South African president.
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95 per cent on food assistance are women
NINETY-five per cent of all persons seeking assistance from the Department of Social Services’ food assistance programme are women, Minister of Social Services and Community Development Melanie Griffin revealed.
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Commonwealth hails $63.5m profit amid 91% claw back fall
COMMONWEALTH Bank yesterday hailed its “second most profitable” year-ever through $63.5m in net income that was generated despite a near-91 percent drop on COVID loss provision write-backs.
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St Fort looks to make the most of new club stint in Japan
MARK St Fort looks to make the most of what could be a limited tenure with his new club in Japan. St Fort recently said the deal with SeaHorses Mikawa of the Japanese B-League was an unexpected opportunity due to restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on import players.
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Regis first Bahamian boxer to be eliminated in Olympic qualifier
RUDOLPH Regis was the first Bahamian boxer to be eliminated from the AIBA 2016 World Qualification Event for the Olympic Games.
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Deaconess Theadora Bevans
Memorial Service for Deaconess Theadora “Mother” Bevans, 91 a resident of Little Creek, South Andros, will be held at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, Washington Street, on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Officiating will be Bishop Gloria Ferguson, assisted …
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Men’s oral health
CNN reported last week that 80 per cent of American men can remember all the details of their first car, but could not recall their last medical checkup. This is a very interesting finding.
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'Outstanding women' honoured
SCORES of Bahamian women were honoured yesterday for being “outstanding women of the Bahamas” during Celebrating Woman International’s inaugural event for its Women of Distinction & Women of Excellence awards.
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‘More than 20,000 extra jobs since 2012 election’
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday despite repeated claims from Official Opposition members that his administration has not spurred growth in employment, his government has created over 20,000 jobs since taking office in 2012.
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9,208 work permits issued in 2015 - 36 per cent to Haitian nationals
OVER 9,000 work permits were issued by the government in 2015, more than 30 per cent of which were issued to Haitian nationals, according to the latest immigration statistics.
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PLP defiant over cut in Urban Renewal employees
THE governing Progressive Liberal Party has responded to the outrage over its decision not to renew the contracts of 80 Urban Renewal employees, by declaring the party has a mandate to organise the scheme as it sees fit.
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Why it's important to keep the books in order
William of Wykeham, in Hampshire, England, was born of peasant stock in 1324. When he died 80 years later he was one of the richest men in England, despite some business ups and down.
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Bad Santa
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THE mother of all consumer battles is over, and Apple is one of the winners. Americans shopped online for a record $11bn on Cyber Monday, and AirPods and MacBooks were very popular.
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Insurance regulator in blacklist ‘what if’ look
The Insurance Commission was yesterday said to be looking at “what if” scenarios to ensure insurers have access to sufficient reinsurance capacity if The Bahamas stays on Europe’s tax blacklist.
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Union of Central Bankers members walk off the job
MEMBERS of the Union of Central Bankers walked off the job yesterday citing unresolved grievances with management.
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Bannister hails housing community as a sign of growing confidence
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday hailed the development of an upscale housing community in western New Providence as a sign of the growing investor-confidence in the Bahamian economy.
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Event to put Bahamas 'on the yachting map'
The first Bahamas Charter Show is aiming to “put this nation on the yachting map”, it was revealed yesterday, with more 20 boats and 80 registered brokers already registered to attend. Dr Kenneth Romer, the Ministry of Tourism’s executive director o