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Moody’s to make Govt ‘come clean’
Moody’s downgrade threat will force the Government “to come clean”, the DNA’s leader said yesterday, and be more accountable and transparent than it has been with the Bahamian people on the nation’s fiscal crisis.
Insurers: ‘Light at end of tunnel’ over taxation
Bahamian insurers yesterday voiced relief that there is “light at the end of the tunnel” after the Government said it would drop plans to move the industry to a Business Licence fee taxation regime.
Insurers: Don’t sleep on EU blacklisting ‘breathing room’
The Bahamas must not fall asleep after it gained “two years’ breathing room” to escape the European Union’s (EU) tax blacklist and preserve up to 40 percent of its hurricane reinsurance capacity, insurers are warning.
‘Unprecedented’: Hotel staff enjoyed slow season boost ‘unpred
Many hotel staff worked “unprecedented” five-day weeks during the tourism season’s slowest months, a union leader revealed yesterday, as he bids to complete multiple new industrial agreements in early 2023.
Cable blasts 'unfair advantage' for BTC
Cable blasts 'unfair advantage' for BTC By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Cable Bahamas has blasted the proposed licensing plan for a key wireless spectrum band for giving an "unfair advantage" to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), urg
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
'Five Baha Mars' needed to solve jobless crisis
The Bahamas needs “five Baha Mars going on” simultaneously to achieve the 5.5 per cent GDP growth necessary to slash existing unemployment by 50 per cent and absorb thousands of annual school leavers into the workforce.
$40M 'CIVIL WAR' RAGES IN PARADISE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A full-scale civil war is raging between the developers and numerous residents of a $40 million Exuma-based real estate project, Tribune Business can reveal, the latter alleging there are difficulties with obtaini
$40M 'CIVIL WAR' RAGES IN PARADISE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A full-scale civil war is raging between the developers and numerous residents of a $40 million Exuma-based real estate project, Tribune Business can reveal, the latter alleging there are difficulties with obtaini
$40M 'CIVIL WAR' RAGES IN PARADISE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A full-scale civil war is raging between the developers and numerous residents of a $40 million Exuma-based real estate project, Tribune Business can reveal, the latter alleging there are difficulties with obtaini
Bahamasair eyes 'break even' despite $21m loss
Bahamasair eyes 'break even' despite $21m loss By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Despite being on target for a $21 million loss in its 2011-2012 financial year, Bahamasair's chairman says the airline is trending in the right direction and eventua
Bahamasair eyes 'break even' despite $21m loss
Bahamasair eyes 'break even' despite $21m loss By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Despite being on target for a $21 million loss in its 2011-2012 financial year, Bahamasair's chairman says the airline is trending in the right direction and eventua
DPM: Bahamas must ‘prove’ itself to S&P
* ‘Not at all’ upset nation still ‘junk’ * Blames former Govt’s failure to deliver * Nation has 12-24 months to execute
The Government must “prove” it can deliver on its fiscal and economic turnaround strategy, the Deputy Prime Minister admitted yesterday, after Standard & Poor’s (S&P) kept the Bahamas at ‘junk’ status. K P Turnquest told Tribune Business he was “not at all” disappointed at the outcome of S&P’s annual review of the Bahamas’ sovereign creditworthiness, despite having previously expressed optimism that the Government could make the case to be upgraded to ‘investment grade’ status.
RoyalFidelity's fund with 'different angle'
RoyalFidelity is planning to launch an “alternative” US$ fund this summer that aims to minimise market volatility risk, a move coinciding with the maturing of another product forecast to generate 50 per cent investor returns.
Pinder moves one year after ‘amazing’ deal
One year after receiving a “mind blowing” offer he was unable to turn down, former financial services minister Ryan Pinder yesterday confirmed his career is on the move again - this time to the Graham, Thompson & Co law firm as partner.
BTC TARGETS 30-40 STORES BY END-2012
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is aiming to expand its retail network to between 30-40 stores at 2012 year-end, an executive yesterday telling Tribune Business it hoped to have a national 4G network
