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PATRIOTS EAGER FOR ANOTHER SHOT IN THE SUPER BOWL

By HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Less than an hour after losing the Super Bowl again, Tom Brady slowly slipped on his dark vest and suit jacket and walked to the postgame podium. The next time he puts on his New England Patriots unifo

NPBA: Undefeated Giants rout Specialists 101-71

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants are still undefeated after routing the Uptown Cuts Specialists in one of the two games played in the New Providence Basketball Association on Monday night.In the earlier game played at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the Aspha

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Ayton and Suns off to hot start, ‘buddy’ and Kings struggle

Deandre Ayton got his Phoenix Suns off to a hot start while “Buddy” Hield and the Sacramento Kings struggled early on the opening weekend of the NBA restart in Orlando, Florida.

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Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bay Street Mile on Saturday

IN between the announcement of major off-the-track awards for her performances this year, ‘Golden Girl’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo will be back home this weekend to stage her second annual Bay Street Mile.The Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bay Street Mile is all slate

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Team Bahamas 2nd overall

Team Bahamas improved on last year’s performance and in their role as hosts with a second-place finish at the 47th Flow CARIFTA Track and Field Championships.

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Corporate income tax is 'wrong way around'

The Opposition's finance spokesman yesterday argued that The Bahamas has corporate income tax "the wrong way around" because the proposed reform options are forecast to suck "more money" from the private sector via taxation.

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Mortgage relief criticisms 'legitimate enough', says leading plan architect

A leading architect of the Government’s mortgage relief plan has described criticisms that it will not have the advertised effect as “legitimate enough”, while arguing that it would “be a good start” even if just 20-25 per cent of delinquent borrowers were assisted.

No Bahamas taxes on Shell’s $1.55bn profits

The case for imposing a corporate income tax was yesterday said to be have been strengthened by revelations that a Shell subsidiary paid not a cent in tax on $1.55bn of profits generated in The Bahamas.

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Throwers take advantage of Blue Chips meet

AMIDST the postponement of the CARIFTA Games and not too many meets to compete in, throwers are taking advantage of the Blue Chips Throwers Club’s series of events at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

Treasure Cay project 'desperately needed'

The Treasure Cay development under fire from both locals and environmentalists yesterday said its project could ultimately involve a $10-$20 million investment, and create 100 “desperately needed” jobs, if it was allowed to fulfill its plans.

'Crazy' aviation taxes may cost tourism $20m

The Bahamas will “conservatively” lose $20 million in tourism revenues if it maintains the new and increased taxes on the private aviation sector, an industry expert yesterday slamming the Government’s policy as “crazy”.

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Latoy clocks season’s best to win 400m

CHRIS ‘Fireman’ Brown didn’t enter, Demetrius Pinder withdrew from the final and Ramon Miller had to watch from the sideline nursing an injury. Yet, in their absence, LaToy Williams still ran a blistering season’s best of 44.97 seconds to win the marquee men’s 400 metres on day two of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ BTC Junior and Senior National Track and Field Championships.

NAUGHTY'S NFL picks - week 15

A 9-7 week that was 12-4 before another series of fourth-quarter frenzies changed a few things. Nonetheless I will take it - that’s how the NFL goes this season.

Ex-AG: 'We're up to' coping with automatic tax information

An ex-Attorney General believes the financial services industry will survive even if the automatic exchange of tax information becomes the global standard, warning that this nation “can’t stand apart” from the initiative.

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Treasury revenues slumped 55% in year's final quarter

THE COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to a 55.2 percent contraction in receipts across taxed industries, according to the Ministry of Finance’s budgetary performance report for the fourth quarter of the 2019/2020 fiscal year.

Airports ‘20% compliant’ with worldwide standards

Bahamian airports are just 20 per cent compliant with international regulatory standards, making it of “paramount importance” that Family Island facilities are upgraded immediately to prevent the suspension of all-important airlift.

Dealer's 'double whammy' via 20% used car decline

A Bahamian auto dealer yesterday told Tribune Business he was facing a ‘double whammy’, with a 15-20 per cent drop in year-over-year used car sales meaning they were unable to compensate for new model woes.

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Retail 'pioneer' targets more Atlantis expansion

One of Atlantis’s retail ‘pioneers’ yesterday said he was aiming to establish a second store at the Royal Towers within three years, the recent expansion of his inaugural outlet having sparked a 20 per cent sales increase.

Leading QC calls for 20% Gov't spend cut

The Government has been urged to cut spending by 20 per cent over the next five-10 years, with a top QC warning Bahamians they must abandon “cradle to grave entitlements”.

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Elite and collegiate athletes hit the track and field in U.S.

FROM the Drake Relays to the Penn Relays and add in the NTC Pure Athletics Spring Invite, the Bahamian elite and collegiate athletes were all over the United States competing over the weekend.