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COURT REJECTS CUSTOMS FEARS

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Supreme Court has rejected fears that Customs will produce "a repeat performance" in the absence of a judicial ruling over its demand for all Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensees to produce a National

COURT REJECTS CUSTOMS FEARS

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Supreme Court has rejected fears that Customs will produce "a repeat performance" in the absence of a judicial ruling over its demand for all Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensees to produce a National

COURT REJECTS CUSTOMS FEARS

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Supreme Court has rejected fears that Customs will produce "a repeat performance" in the absence of a judicial ruling over its demand for all Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensees to produce a National

COURT REJECTS CUSTOMS FEARS

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Supreme Court has rejected fears that Customs will produce "a repeat performance" in the absence of a judicial ruling over its demand for all Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensees to produce a National

Banks to ‘double’ VAT recovery.... to just 10%

The Bahamian banking industry is hopeful it might be able to recover ‘double’ the amount of Value-Added Tax (VAT) inputs than previously thought, as one institution yesterday revealed its total tax burden will increase by $6-$7 million in two years.

Skills transfer woe still a ‘sad reality’

The Bahamas must change “the sad reality” that key skills and knowledge are not being passed on to local workers by expatriate work permit holders, a prominent contractor argued yesterday.

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AML TO INVEST $3-4M IN NEW FRANCHISE DEAL

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor AML Foods is planning to invest $3-$4 million over the next five years in building its new Carl's Jr franchise to a five-store chain, a business projected to generate an annual $15 million top-line at full build-o

‘Unenviable balancing act’ confronting The Bahamas

The Bahamas “faces an unenviable balancing act between food security and fiscal discipline”, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) warned yesterday, with global financial developments proving “particularly concerning”.

BTC slammed with $1.581m fine over network outage

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) was last night hit with a $1.581 million fine for last March’s network outage, the sector regulator finding it did not take action to maintain a “functioning” communications system.

$500M REVENUE RISE NO FISCAL GAP BRIDGE

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Government's annual fiscal deficit averaged more than $170 million during the 2002-2008 'economic boom' years despite an almost $500 million rise in revenues over that period, showing that reining in out-of-co

Water Corp: $1.2m claim was resort financing ploy

The Water & Sewerage Corporation has defeated a $1.227m damages claim for trespass that it alleges was merely a ploy attempting to force it to finance a planned Andros eco-resort.

$10m APD IPO to list before March end

$10m APD IPO to list before March end By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The $10 million Arawak Port Development Company (APD) initial public offering (IPO) should be listed on the Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) by some point in

$10m APD IPO to list before March end

$10m APD IPO to list before March end By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The $10 million Arawak Port Development Company (APD) initial public offering (IPO) should be listed on the Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) by some point in

$10m APD IPO to list before March end

$10m APD IPO to list before March end By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The $10 million Arawak Port Development Company (APD) initial public offering (IPO) should be listed on the Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) by some point in

$8K PER MONTH LOSSES CLOSE GB'S 'FAVOURITE EATERY'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A well-known Bahamian businessman yesterday told Tribune Business he had closed "Freeport's favourite restaurant" because it had been losing between $6,000-$8,000 per month for the past two years, adding that rent

$8K PER MONTH LOSSES CLOSE GB'S 'FAVOURITE EATERY'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A well-known Bahamian businessman yesterday told Tribune Business he had closed "Freeport's favourite restaurant" because it had been losing between $6,000-$8,000 per month for the past two years, adding that rent

Port 'dismayed' by Shenanigan's

The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has described itself as "dismayed" by criticisms from a Bahamian businessman who closed his Port Lucaya Marketplace restaurant blaming high rents, arguing that he had been "unresponsive" to attempts to resolve the si

Port 'dismayed' by Shenanigan's

The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has described itself as "dismayed" by criticisms from a Bahamian businessman who closed his Port Lucaya Marketplace restaurant blaming high rents, arguing that he had been "unresponsive" to attempts to resolve the si

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

Broker severs ties with ex-investor over $1m ‘misuse’

A Bahamian broker/dealer yesterday said it had severed all ties with a former shareholder after he allegedly misappropriated $1 million that was intended to be an equity investment in the firm.