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Bahamian executive visits 'web' capital

A Bahamian website executive recently joined board members and marketing professionals from the industry’s top companies in Irelend for a series of meetings.

'Very fine line' on Gov't land reforms

By NEIL HARTNELL

Gov't plans vacation rental tax crackdown

By NATARIO McKENZIE

Poultry farm: Fee rises 'threw us for a loop'

By NATARIO McKENZIE

Systems drive our marketing success

By D’Arcy Rahming

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17% mortgage drop shows 'corner not turned yet'

The Bahamian real estate market has “not quite turned the corner” and is splitting into two, Tribune Business was told yesterday, with the number of recorded mortgages down 17.3 per cent year-over-year for the 2013 first half.

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$5.119bn debt's foreign currency share 'worrying'

The Bahamas’ national debt hit $5.119 billion at end-March 2013, with a former finance minister yesterday describing the 36.6 per cent foreign currency share of this figure as “the worrying side” of the fiscal crisis.

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Doctors Hospital 'ready to move on stem cell'

DOCTORS Hospital Health System (DHHS) “is ready to move” on stem cell treatment as soon as the Government passes the necessary regulations, its president yesterday saying it would be part of its medical tourism programme.

FATCA infrastructure's 'significant concern'

A leading accountant yesterday described the mechanism the Bahamas will use to comply with the US Foreign Account Compliance Act (FATCA) as “significant concern” and “the big elephant in the room”.

$17.5m condo project's 'unique' sales strategy

An eastern New Providence development yesterday unveiled a “unique” strategy for selling its new $17.5 million condo offering, which it hopes to build-out within two years.