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Credit card capability boosts taxi firm 60%

MasterCard is looking to expand its electronic payment offering among Bahamian “non-traditional” merchants, staring with taxi drivers and straw market vendors, yesterday urging them to “get on board” with the technology or “get left behind”.

'Winners and losers' create tax dilemma

The Bahamas has no ‘perfect’ tax reform option that will achieve all its economic objectives, a study for the Tax Coalition has concluded, warning that change will inevitably create “winners and losers”.

Debt ratio back to pre-crisis 33% with high VAT

The Government’s initial 15 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) proposal would have slashed the Bahamas’s debt-to-GDP ratio to a “pre-crisis” 33 per cent by 2024, a private sector-commissioned study revealed yesterday.

Payroll best for hotels, but not for households

The fiscal policy reform dilemma facing the Government was yesterday highlighted by a private sector study, which found that while the tourism industry would “fare better”under a payroll tax, the opposite was true for Bahamian households.

BTC 'war games' over cellular competition

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has been staging “war games” to prepare for cellular competition, with its controlling shareholder engaging help from Panama and ex-Digicel executives.

Dissenting judge: Bimini developer actions 'surreal'

A dissenting Appeal Court judge has described Resorts World Bimini’s actions as “surreal” and “worthy of the description Machiavellian”, yet his opinion counts for nothing after his two colleagues effectively gave the developer permission to continue dredging.

Cash for Gold is 'higher KYC risk'

A Cabinet minister yesterday branded ‘cash for gold’ enterprises as “higher risk”, calling for them to be subject to enhanced due diligence and transaction monitoring procedures.

BISX adds two fund listings

The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) yesterday unveiled two more investment fund listings.

Bahamas hopes for FATCA nod this week

The Bahamas is hoping for a “final sign off” by the US State Department on its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) inter-governmental agreement (IGA) by this week, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.

BTC operating profit up 7%

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is aiming to launch its long-trumpeted TV service later this year, after operating profits rose 7 per cent to $128 million in the year to end-April 2014.

ART OF GRAPHIX: Blend advertising with PR for top communication

Are the lines still blurred between public relations and advertising, and do people still believe that PR is sometimes unpredictable, and advertising too expensive?

More than 100 attend restaurant opening

More than 100 dignitaries, residents and guests celebrated the opening of Billfish Grill at Palm Cay last week, the first new upscale restaurant in eastern New Providence for many years.

Fiscal reform 'a joke' if no $500m energy savings

The Bahamas could save up to $500 million per annum with the right energy sector reforms, a Tax Coalition co-chair yesterday saying it was “a joke” to believe this nation’s fiscal and economic woes could be fixed without it.

Brewery's 'dumping ground' concerns over fiscal reform

Commonwealth Brewery has urged the Government to create a fiscal reform ‘level playing field’ that prevents the Bahamas from becoming “a dumping ground” for cheap alcohol imports.

Insurer exceeds goal 13% despite motor 'squeeze'

A Bahamian insurer yesterday said it beat 2013 profit targets by 13 per cent, but warned that an all-sides “squeeze” was now threatening an historic net income generator that accounts for almost one-third of its top-line.

Doctors eyes $1m cost rise via VAT

DOCTORS Hospital is eying a $1 million hit to its bottom line if health care remains exempt from Value-Added-Tax (VAT), its chief financial officer telling Tribune Business yesterday there was “no getting around” an overall increase in healthcare costs.

US 'spying' threatens nation's business model

A top QC yesterday warned that the US ‘spying’ allegations “hurt us at every level”, and warned that they threatened to undermine the Bahamas’s very business model - that of an international business and financial centre.

Oil explorer chief increases his stake

Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) chief executive and chairman yesterday inccreased their shareholdings in the company.

Separate the business from your 'celebrity'

People buy products and services from whom they know and like. So becoming a local celebrity increases the prospects for your business to flourish...... provided people like you.

Bahamians called on to police NIB contributions

NATIONAL Insurance Board (NIB) registrants were yesterday urged to ‘police’ their contributions via its online tracking facility, a Cabinet minister noting that it continues to face claims by persons with insufficient contributions.

'Most revolutionary' impact in BEC reform

The proposed Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) and wider energy sector reforms can have “the most revolutionary” impact on the economy, a Tax Coalition co-chair believes, offsetting the impact of Value-Added Tax (VAT) or any alternative.

Family Guardian aids BTVI in Berry Islands

Family Guardian Insurance Company has donated $500 cheque to assist the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) with a 16-week general maintenance course underway in the Berry Islands.

Wreck exploration running aground

As the Prime Minister and minister of finance, being the minister responsible for the National Museum and the Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Corporation (AMMC), continues to refuse to issue any exploration licences for historical wreck sites, one wonders what is going on at the AMMC.

Exuma real estate in '80-100% improvement'

Exuma has seen a “tremendous 80-100 per cent improvement” in its waterfront real estate market over the past two years, with a leading broker urging the Government to extend the duty-free building materials exemption for another year.

B.T.C. probes U.S. 'spying' claim

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) last night promised to urgently investigate “the integrity” of its cellular network, amid claims that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is intercepting almost every mobile call made in the Bahamas.