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IDB TO BAHAMAS: RUN 2.5% PRIMARY SURPLUS

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas was yesterday warned to "pick up the pace" of fiscal reform, the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) top Caribbean economist saying this country needed to achieve primary Budget surpluses equivalen

NO 'OPEN DOORS' FOR $8BN-$10BN INDUSTRY

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A potential $8-$10 billion industry lies beneath Bahamian waters if its development is handled correctly, a local archaeological salvage expert yesterday warning against an 'Open Doors' policy that would allow for

NO 'OPEN DOORS' FOR $8BN-$10BN INDUSTRY

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A potential $8-$10 billion industry lies beneath Bahamian waters if its development is handled correctly, a local archaeological salvage expert yesterday warning against an 'Open Doors' policy that would allow for

'Level playing field' urged over Freeport bonded good reform

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A leading wholesaler yesterday urged that any reforms to Freeport's 'bonded goods' economy create a "level playing field", and not place his firm and others at "a competitive disadvantage" by sucking money out of

SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco

SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco

SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco

SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco

SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco

SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco

FIRSTCARIB MARKET CAP SHRINKS 44% DURING RECESSION

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) has seen its market capitalisation plummet by 44.4 per cent since the recession started, its 2011 annual report disclosing that return on equity (RoE) had also drop

FIRSTCARIB MARKET CAP SHRINKS 44% DURING RECESSION

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) has seen its market capitalisation plummet by 44.4 per cent since the recession started, its 2011 annual report disclosing that return on equity (RoE) had also drop

FIRSTCARIB MARKET CAP SHRINKS 44% DURING RECESSION

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) has seen its market capitalisation plummet by 44.4 per cent since the recession started, its 2011 annual report disclosing that return on equity (RoE) had also drop

BEC manager-elect slams 'fraud by hindsight' claim

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) prospective manager has dismissed as "fraud by hindsight" claims that it artificially inflated its stock price prior to a one-day wipe-out that erased $250 million in shareholder value.

Income-type tax ‘likely inevitable’, warns ex-minister

A FORMER financial services minister believes it is “probably inevitable” that the Bahamas will have to introduce some form of low-rate income tax, warning: “We’re not in the clear yet.”

LAW FIRM BLASTS CUSTOMS OVER 'WHIMSICAL FANCY'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A leading Bahamian law firm yesterday blasted as "almost unbelievable" Customs' second effort within two years to allegedly disrupt Freeport's $70-$120 million 'bonded goods' economy, arguing that arbitrary requir

Government's watchdog 'robbed' of independence

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Auditor-General is being "robbed of administrative independence" because he cannot initiate prosecutions where corruption and fraud involving public monies is suspected, a Public Accounts Committee report noti

Government's watchdog 'robbed' of independence

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Auditor-General is being "robbed of administrative independence" because he cannot initiate prosecutions where corruption and fraud involving public monies is suspected, a Public Accounts Committee report noti

'POSSIBLE FRAUD' ON $600 -$700K OVERPAYMENTS

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor "Possible fraud" and collusion resulted in $600,000-$700,000 overpayments to contractors working on a $33.5 million landfill project part-funded by the Government, the Auditor-General disclosing that he had recomm

Government's watchdog 'robbed' of independence

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Auditor-General is being "robbed of administrative independence" because he cannot initiate prosecutions where corruption and fraud involving public monies is suspected, a Public Accounts Committee report noti