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CAR DEALERS SUFFER $75M REVENUE HIT

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Motor Dealers Association (BMDA) members saw their collective sales revenues fall by more than $75 million over the first 10 months of the years between 2009-2011, one dealer suggested yesterday, although

CAR DEALERS SUFFER $75M REVENUE HIT

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Motor Dealers Association (BMDA) members saw their collective sales revenues fall by more than $75 million over the first 10 months of the years between 2009-2011, one dealer suggested yesterday, although

CHAMBER CHIEF SUPPORTS GOV'T OUTSOURCING '110%'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCEC) chairman has given his "110 per cent support" to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) call for more services to be outsourced to the private

Accountants choose Bahamian for report

Accountants choose Bahamian for report Bahamian forensic accountant, John Bain, has been selected to participate in a defining webinar hosted by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) to develop the organisation's integrated report, pa

Accountants choose Bahamian for report

Accountants choose Bahamian for report Bahamian forensic accountant, John Bain, has been selected to participate in a defining webinar hosted by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) to develop the organisation's integrated report, pa

MORE BAHAMIAN HOMEOWNERS IF SMALLER LOTS SIZED PERMITTED

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor More Bahamians would be homeowners today if the authorities had acted on a 1984 report by now-Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham advocating that houses by constructed on lots under 5,000 square feet, the Bahamas Real

GB SHIPYARD GETS 'BETTER AND BETTER'

Grand Bahama Shipyard's chairman, Carl-Gustaf Rotkirch, said the facility has "done better and better" every month throughout 2011, having gone 205 days without any health/safety incident this year. And, speaking with staff at the Shipyard's annual Chris

ATLANTIS BANKRUPTCY FEAR 'VERY FAR FETCHED'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Kerzner International (Bahamas) chief executive yesterday described fears that the company's $2.5 billion lenders would look to foreclose or place the company into bankruptcy as "very far fetched", following Brook

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Gov't urged: End 'ridiculous foot dragging' on BEC

The Government has been urged to end its "ridiculous foot dragging" over the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) part-privatisation and wider energy reform, as the private sector readies its own study on the issue.

Freeport losing investment since climate 'up in the air'

Freeport's largest investor has confirmed that nine-figure investments have been delayed because the Government has left the city's expiring tax incentives "up in the air".

BRISTOL PREMIER'S 'BEST OF THE BEST'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bristol Wine and Spirits is aiming to showcase "the best of the best" in its wine and spirits portfolio through next week's 'soft opening' of its one-acre Premier Cru venue on Gladstone Road, its president yesterd

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Baha Mar expat staff face October 31 wait

Former foreign employees of Baha Mar have to wait until October 31 to see if they will recover what is owed to them, while their Bahamian counterparts have been reminded of the “take it or leave it” approach.

Police probe like 'sword of Damocles'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) investigation is "hanging over our heads like the sword of Damocles", developers of a $40 million Exuma-based real estate project have told Tribune Business, arguing that severa

Police probe like 'sword of Damocles'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) investigation is "hanging over our heads like the sword of Damocles", developers of a $40 million Exuma-based real estate project have told Tribune Business, arguing that severa

Police probe like 'sword of Damocles'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) investigation is "hanging over our heads like the sword of Damocles", developers of a $40 million Exuma-based real estate project have told Tribune Business, arguing that severa

Harajchi bank clients still eye $19.217m 'loss'

Harajchi bank clients still eye $19.217m 'loss' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor More than 11 years after Mohammed Harajchi's Suisse Security Bank & Trust was put under court supervision, its depositors and creditors have yet to recover a single

PM 'elated' over 75% Our Lucaya occupancy level

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Prime Minister said he was "elated" upon learning that Our Lucaya's current occupancy levels were at 75 per cent, adding that an owner other than Hutchison Whampoa would likely have closed the Freeport resort.

ATLANTIS EYES 12-14% GROUP BOOKING RISE

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Atlantis is looking at a 12-14 per cent increase in group business for 2012, the head of Kerzner International's Bahamian operations yesterday saying its $50-$60 million annual capital expenditure plans would like

$112m spent with 'no due process'

$112m spent with 'no due process' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor With more than $112 million in public monies spent "without any evidence of due process", the Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president has urged the Government to use t

$112m spent with 'no due process'

$112m spent with 'no due process' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor With more than $112 million in public monies spent "without any evidence of due process", the Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president has urged the Government to use t