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MARGIN RELIEF A 'SLOW PROCESS' FOR RETAILERS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net IT has been a "slow process" for the margin increase petroleum retailers received back in October to start showing itself, the Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association (BPRA) preside

MARGIN RELIEF A 'SLOW PROCESS' FOR RETAILERS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net IT has been a "slow process" for the margin increase petroleum retailers received back in October to start showing itself, the Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association (BPRA) preside

A game of death - an act of love (Part I)

We’re playing a very dangerous game of life and death here in the Bahamas. It’s a very tenuous disposition to reside in. Believe you me, my Bahamian people, that to write on this most important subject is very poignant for me: HIV/AIDS.Dr Duane Sands

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Davis says Forbes BPL comments out of context

THE Progressive Liberal Party does not believe utility companies should treat politicians differently from ordinary citizens, PLP leader Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday, adding the comments of South Andros MP Picewell Forbes in Parliament on Wedn

Budget's 'gut punch' for 50% Polymers expansion

A top manufacturer’s plans to expand plant capacity by 50 per cent have been sent back to the drawing board by the Budget, delaying a project that promises to create up to 50 permanent Bahamian jobs.

Businessmen pay $5k fines for Contempt

A WELL-KNOWN businessman has confirmed to Tribune Business that he paid a $5,000 fine after being found in Contempt of Court, describing as "unfortunate" the situation he and a former business partner now found themselves in due to a dispute over a $1.1 million Old Fort Bay home.

$400m extra VAT 'more than risky'

The Government’s forecast of $400m in extra VAT revenues is “more than risky”, the Exuma Chamber of Commerce’s president warning: “I can almost guarantee it won’t happen.”Pedro Rolle yesterday told Tribune Business that the 60 per cent VAT rate hike’

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Convert Xmas shoppers into your future buyers

“If I lost everything I had but my client list, I could rebuild my entire fortune in short order.” This is the claim of Dan Kennedy, widely recognised as a marketing guru who specialises in lead generation direct response marketing.

Excuses, excuses

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin Someone once said, “Excuses are the tools of the losers in life and people who use them build monuments of nothingness and they never succeed.” What a powerfu

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'Stop this abuse of loading bay parking'

A LOCAL businessman has called for police officers to take a firmer stance against the “abuse” of loading zones in the downtown area, claiming that doing business in the area has now become a “nightmare” because officers are “only doing half the job.

Williams: 'But I only had two weeks to train for this fight'

GOLD COAST, Australia — On the defensive from the start of the fight, Rashield Williams tried to come back in the final two rounds. But it was a little too late for him to avoid the early elimination in his debut at the XXI Commonwealth Games. He lo

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'Trevor takes on the world by storm'

LONDON, England — This is Trevorvano Mackey’s coming put party and he doesn’t intend to let anything spoil it.

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Dynamic duo set to represent Seminoles in championships

KERRIE Cartwright and her room-mate Daneika Borthwick will have the distinction of representing the Florida State Seminoles in the doubles competition at the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championships.

Road tax breaks 'too little, too late'

Road tax breaks 'too little, too late' By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Many businesses adversely impacted by the New Providence Infrastructure Improvement Project (NPIIP) yesterday said the Government's pledge to

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Nothing's perfect this side of.....

I left the last part of the headline intentionally blank, because we are all different and I did not want to try to convert you to the wrong parade. The point James Altucher made in an amazing blog the other day is that being in business is never going to be perfect either, and we need to learn to turn the downside right-side up.

Gov't stifles $1m Brewery expansion

By NEIL HARTNELL

Pre-hurricane lumber sales 'totally dead'

LUMBER distributors and building supply stores saw very little business as a result of Hurricane Sandy, with one executive telling Tribune Business last Thursday he was surprised by the slower-than-usual storm sales

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Govt urged: 'Be decisive' in your OECD defence

The Government must “act more decisively” to defend The Bahamas from the OECD’s attack on its key investment product, which is “not positive no matter how you spin it”.Paul Moss, pictured, president of Dominion Management Services, told Tribune Busin

BOSS calling BTC into line on 20% sales fall

A well-known retailer yesterday blasted the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) for phone line woes that slashed sales in key product lines by up to 20 per cent during its “Christmas season” equivalent.

UNIVERSITY GALA SMASHES THROUGH FUNDRAISING TARGET

IN a powerful statement about the community’s belief in the transformational impact of higher education, the University of The Bahamas President’s Gala Soirée has exceeded the anticipated fundraising target.The inaugural event was the institution’s f