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Ryan’s employer: Financial sector’s ‘great opportunity’

Ryan Pinder’s new employer believes the Bahamas has “a tremendous opportunity” in financial services if it is innovative, with its current recruitment drive intended to position the institution “for the next 20 years”.

Revived Mortgage Plan may assist ‘over 1,000’

The Government yesterday unveiled a revised Mortgage Relief Plan it believes could assist “upwards of 1,000 delinquent borrowers”, via a 20-25 per cent cut to monthly loan payments.

Tackle other 'flies in ointment' of Freeport, says QC

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Government's decision to establish a committee to revise the Customs Guide to Freeport was yesterday hailed as "a first step to breathe modern life back into the Hawksbill Creek Agreement", a leading QC tellin

Tackle other 'flies in ointment' of Freeport, says QC

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Government's decision to establish a committee to revise the Customs Guide to Freeport was yesterday hailed as "a first step to breathe modern life back into the Hawksbill Creek Agreement", a leading QC tellin

WILSON BLASTS PM FOR 'UNDERMINING' KERZNER POSITION

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A leading businessman yesterday blasted Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham for what he alleged were contradictory public positions that ultimately undermined Kerzner International's "credibility" with its lenders and

'PRIORITISE' TAX EXTENSION FOR FREEPORT IN 2015

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce's president has urged the next government to treat the extension of key Freeport tax incentives, due to expire in 2015, as "a priority" and to end the uncertainty that could st

'PRIORITISE' TAX EXTENSION FOR FREEPORT IN 2015

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce's president has urged the next government to treat the extension of key Freeport tax incentives, due to expire in 2015, as "a priority" and to end the uncertainty that could st

'PRIORITISE' TAX EXTENSION FOR FREEPORT IN 2015

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce's president has urged the next government to treat the extension of key Freeport tax incentives, due to expire in 2015, as "a priority" and to end the uncertainty that could st

'PRIORITISE' TAX EXTENSION FOR FREEPORT IN 2015

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce's president has urged the next government to treat the extension of key Freeport tax incentives, due to expire in 2015, as "a priority" and to end the uncertainty that could st

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

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

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

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

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

Mortgage Corp's woes 'not good' for 70% of contractors'

Mortgage Corp's woes 'not good' for 70% of contractors' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas Mortgage Corporation's (BMC) 'going concern' woes are "not good news" for 70 per cent of Bahamian contractors who rely almost solely on the resi

'PRIORITISE' TAX EXTENSION FOR FREEPORT IN 2015

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce's president has urged the next government to treat the extension of key Freeport tax incentives, due to expire in 2015, as "a priority" and to end the uncertainty that could st

Kosoy, Sterling eye Hurricane Hole deal

David Kosoy’s Sterling Global Financial is in negotiations to acquire Paradise Island’s Hurricane Hole property from Atlantis’s owner, Tribune Business can reveal.

INSOLVENT BANK'S CREDITORS TO GAIN $0.07 ON DOLLAR

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Creditors of an insolvent Bahamian offshore bank are in line to recover less than seven cents ($0.07) of every dollar owed to them after the Supreme Court refused to give the liquidator leave to appeal a ruling, a

RULING SET TO DETER 'VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A ruling by Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett might deter Bahamian workers with "marginal claims" from pursuing employment cases in the Supreme Court, rather than the Industrial Tribunal, a leading law firm arguin

LIQUIDATION REFORMS TO GIVE NATION ADVANTAGE

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Reforms to the Companies Act's liquidation regime that deal with assets held in trust are "very progressive" and give the Bahamas a competitive advantage over its main Caribbean international financial centre riva