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Unionist 'relief' over dissolution-saving Bill
UNION executives were yesterday “breathing a sigh of relief” after the House of Assembly passed legislation to validate those deemed to have not been properly registered, one executive saying the matter had been settled “once and for all”.
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.
