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Bahamasair facing $1m hangar upgrade

Bahamasair facing $1m hangar upgrade By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamasair's 2012-2013 government subsidy requirement has not yet been determined due to a number of unknowns, including a likely $1 million spend to upgrade its main 50 year-

FUND TARGETS $500M-$1BN IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamian financial services provider yesterday said it was targeting between $500 million to $1 billion in asset-backed real estate securities investments for its newly-launched mutual fund, and seeking to expan

Robin Hood chief still eyeing $5-$8m eastern build-out

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Robin Hood's president is eyeing a career move into real estate development via a further $5.5-$8 million build-out of the former retailer's Prince Charles Drive site, telling Tribune Business he had "five interes

Robin Hood chief still eyeing $5-$8m eastern build-out

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Robin Hood's president is eyeing a career move into real estate development via a further $5.5-$8 million build-out of the former retailer's Prince Charles Drive site, telling Tribune Business he had "five interes

Robin Hood chief still eyeing $5-$8m eastern build-out

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Robin Hood's president is eyeing a career move into real estate development via a further $5.5-$8 million build-out of the former retailer's Prince Charles Drive site, telling Tribune Business he had "five interes

Construction finds a regulatory home

By Simon Cooper Res Socius Some things are really strange. We have guarantees for just about everything these days, and that even includes a notice promising that some biscuits have never seen a nut before - unless, of course, the factory owner went craz

Construction finds a regulatory home

By Simon Cooper Res Socius Some things are really strange. We have guarantees for just about everything these days, and that even includes a notice promising that some biscuits have never seen a nut before - unless, of course, the factory owner went craz

IBC directors urged: 'Ensure all deals legit'

IBC directors urged: 'Ensure all deals legit' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian financial services professionals were yesterday urged to take their responsibilities as International Business Company (IBC) directors seriously and "make su

Web shop owner in $27m bank rescue

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas-based web shop boss, Craig Flowers, along with BISX-listed Bank of the Bahamas International, were both separately approached to rescue a bust Turks & Caicos bank that required a $27 million injection to r

PUTTING BEST FACE FORWARD

By Deidre M. Bastian Do you find yourself staring at another designer's logo and immediately trying to decipher what typeface or font they used? If you are a designer, it is probably an inevitable habit. However, there are no hard and fast rules to help

Web shop owner in $27m bank rescue

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas-based web shop boss, Craig Flowers, along with BISX-listed Bank of the Bahamas International, were both separately approached to rescue a bust Turks & Caicos bank that required a $27 million injection to r

PUTTING BEST FACE FORWARD

By Deidre M. Bastian Do you find yourself staring at another designer's logo and immediately trying to decipher what typeface or font they used? If you are a designer, it is probably an inevitable habit. However, there are no hard and fast rules to help

Web shop owner in $27m bank rescue

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas-based web shop boss, Craig Flowers, along with BISX-listed Bank of the Bahamas International, were both separately approached to rescue a bust Turks & Caicos bank that required a $27 million injection to r

PUTTING BEST FACE FORWARD

By Deidre M. Bastian Do you find yourself staring at another designer's logo and immediately trying to decipher what typeface or font they used? If you are a designer, it is probably an inevitable habit. However, there are no hard and fast rules to help

Sky mulls US pull back after 15-20% loads

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Sky Bahamas is "reviewing daily" whether it will reduce its US flight schedule or withdraw from that market completely, its president telling Tribune Business yesterday that load factors on some flights were down

Stay true to your business ethics

By Deidre M. Bastian Do you have good business ethics? Would you take on a client whose business was ethically appalling? How far would you stretch the truth to help a client sell their products or services? How far would you go in your promises to win a

'PAYING THE PRICE' ON IMBALANCED POLICY RESPONSE

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas could end up "paying the price" for failing to employ a balanced countercyclical policy response to the 2007-2009 recession, a former finance minister warning yesterday this nation could find itself at

Scotiabank, brokers putting group policy concerns 'behind us'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Scotiabank (Bahamas) and the Bahamas Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) are close to completely resolving all concerns over the former's group homeowners insurance policy, Tribune Business was told yesterday, bo

BABY BOOMERS LANDING ON ENTREPRENEURIAL FEET

By Simon Cooper Res Socius Although I'm not near retiring by a long shot, I was encouraged by an article I read in USA Today. The piece analysed the demographic spread of start-up entrepreneurs in the US, and came up with conclusions that few expected. T

BAHAMAS 'NOT DONE VERY GOOD JOB' OVER TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Both the Government and the private sector have done a poor job in preparing for, and negotiating, international trade agreements affecting the Bahamas, the Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCE