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AML sees Back to School sales rise by ‘couple of points’

AML Foods chief executive has told Tribune Business that the BISX-listed retail group’s same-store sales for the Back to School season were up year-over-year by “a couple of points”, adding: “We’ve got a nice momentum right now.”

Plan for asking the really hard questions

The Australian Aboriginal peoples have a tradition they call ‘walkabout’, where they enter dreamtime and seek advice from ancestral spirits.

Bahamas still suffering ‘negative’ real growth

The Bahamian economy is still contracting in real terms, a key Ministry of Finance adviser said yesterday, adding that the Government’s Air Fare Credit policy was “unsustainable” and had failed to generate compensating returns.

Brewery targets Florida export market for 2013

The Bahamian Brewery & Beverage Company is targeting early 2013 to break into the Florida export market with its Sands beer, a move its founder anticipates will create another 10 jobs initially.

Returning $22m to Kozeny will allow ’completion of fraud’

The $22 million battle between the Czech authorities and Viktor Kozeny continues to heat up, the former alleging that returning the funds to the Lyford Cay-based financier will enable him to “complete his fraud”.

Stamp Duty exemption renewal ‘really huge’

Extending the first-time buyer Stamp Duty exemption beyond its current June 30, 2013 expiration date would be “absolutely huge”, the Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) president telling Tribune Business these purchasers accounted for “90 per cent-plus” of his company’s business.

Bahamas institutions face ‘treacherous’ disclosure waters

A former Attorney General yesterday warned Bahamas-based financial institutions to familiarise themselves with this nation’s multiple disclosure regimes, warning that failure to do so could expose them to legal action by either the authorities or their clients.

BFSB mission targets Brazil

Ryan Pinder, the minister of financial services, will be participating in Bahamas Landfall events and meetings in Brazil planned by the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) for the week of September 17.

Bahamas 'never better placed' to grow financial services

The Bahamas “has never been more well placed” to become “a dominant jurisdiction” in financial services, a Cabinet minister yesterday suggesting this nation needed to “integrate” its international co-operation regime.

‘Wipe out’ concerns in brewery battle

The Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company’s founder yesterday warned that eliminating the $3 per liquid gallon tax advantage he currently holds over BISX-listed Commonwealth Brewery would “wipe out” his firm, as he called for the Government to establish a competition watchdog and relevant laws.

Chamber chair ‘not disturbed’ by lower consumer borrowing

The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation’s (BCCEC) chairman said yesterday he was “not disturbed” by lower levels of consumer borrowing, with June’s $5.6 million expansion in debt consolidation loans showing many were making “last ditch efforts” to restructure their affairs.

Haiti’s industrial park model shows possibility for Freeport

The Bahamas should assess whether it can emulate Haiti’s model for developing an industrial park “the size of Trinidad” in Freeport, as a senior private sector executive yesterday urged Bahamian companies to aggressively pursue business opportunities in the Caribbean.

Fiscal deficit up 24% to end-May '12

The Government’s fiscal deficit for the first 11 months in its 2011-2012 fiscal year rose 24 per cent year-on-year to $293.8 million, as spending - and the size of government - outpaced a 4.5 per cent improvement in tax revenues.

Building sports tourism from its infant stages

The congress for Pan American Judo was conducted completely in Spanish. It was held last week in Cali, Colombia.

Bahamas has ‘requirements to meet’ before WTO membership

FINANCIAL Services Minister Ryan Pinder yesterday revealed that the Bahamas has a number of requirements to meet before it can become a member of the World Trade Organisation.

Bank holds trust session

Bank of The Bahamas Trust and Private Banking will host an information-breakfast tomorrow to discuss a host of financial services issues, including private banking rights and benefits, pension fund arrangements and standard trusts, as well as those specially created for the Bahamian corporate and individual market.

Fishermen: 71% see catch size declines

Some 71 per cent of Bahamian fishermen have seen a reduction in catch sizes and values in recent years, one prominent industry representative yesterday saying this was the story reported by “every returning vessel”.

Fishing seen as 'last rung on the ladder'

Attracting younger Bahamians into the fishing industry is “a huge concern”, the head of the Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance said yesterday, with the profession often viewed as “the last rung on the ladder”.

Oil driller: 'Very strong case' for Bahamians to back oil exploration

The Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) chief executive yesterday said there was a “very strong case” for the Bahamian people to vote in favour of oil exploration, arguing that there were few alternatives that could match its projected $30 billion impact on government revenues.

Gov't 'refused' to give oil driller full compliance

The Government yesterday said it had “refused” to provide the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) with documentation confirming it was in full compliance with its licence terms and conditions, saying there were “outstanding” environmental issues that needed to be addressed.

Will referendum score the required numbers?

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Tackle the causes, not the results of crime

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t the time of writing this I am at the 58th American Society for Industrial Security Conference here in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has been a busy first two days, with classes starting from Sunday, and we are still at it.

Rival carriers to fill Spirit's 10 per cent 'market breach'

A senior Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) executive yesterday said the airport operator expects rival carriers will “fill the breach” and pick up the 10 per cent market share being relinquished by Spirit Airlines on its Nassau-Fort Lauderdale route.

Government confirms oil driller's licences

The Government has confirmed that oil explorer Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has fulfilled all its required licence and regulatory obligations, effectively renewing the oil explorer’s licences for another three years.

Mortgage Plan to have 'zero' lending stimulus impact

THE Government’s $10 million contribution to the Mortgage Relief Plan will only go to bank profits and have “zero” impact in stimulating new lending, a top accountant saying Bahamians’ debt burdens will be a “drain on the economy for many years”.