ART OF GRAPHIX: Design methods to blast away stress
If you ask what is the most important key to happiness or contentment, aside from peace within, I would have to say avoiding stress and negativity.
Companies registry upgrades to boost Asian penetration
Online incorporations at the Companies Registry will give the Bahamas “much more of an upbeat message” to use when it begins “concentrated” efforts to penetrate the Asian financial services market in 2014, Tribune Business was told yesterday.
Cabinet to decide FATCA approach by next week
The Cabinet will decide by next week how the Bahamas will comply with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), with the financial services industry preferring the Model One Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA).
Firm offering energy audits
A BAHAMIAN business consultancy is offering “energy audits” for Bahamians looking to acquire residential solar solutions.
Student chefs to show 'Flare'
Student chefs are busily preparing their plantains for battle in Island Flare’s third annual Food Fight.
AML Foods raises $11k for charities
AML Foods has raised 11,000 for Hands for Hunger in New Providence and the Grand Bahama Red Cross’s Meals on Wheels Program.
Digicel urges mobile termination re-think
A cellular operator beating on the door to invest in the Bahamas has urged regulators to introduce mobile call termination rates prior to the sector’s liberalisation, arguing it will “enhance competition” when it arrives.
Port in 2.5% tariff rate rise forecast
The Arawak Cay port’s tariff rates are expected to increase by 2.5 per cent per year from 2016 onwards, it has been revealed, matching the Bahamas’ long-term inflation rate.
US prison 'terror' behind financier's guilty plea deal
Bahamas-based financier, Derek Guise Turner, claims he only pled guilty to fraud after being “terrified beyond measure by the barbaric conditions” that existed in his US prison.
'Significant' ruling defines manager staff
A leading unionist yesterday described as “very significant” a ruling in which the Court of Appeal changed its mind, as it helped to define who was a ‘managerial’ employee.
First-time buyers: 50% losing Stamp Tax break
The Government may have disqualified 40-50 per cent of the first-time home buyer market from obtaining Stamp Duty exemptions on their purchases, a leading attorney warned yesterday.
Minister pushes skills training
A Cabinet Minister used a panel discussion at the Caribbean Growth Forum’s regional workshop to press the case for education and skills development.
MARKETING REVOLUTION: Putting logos in perspective
I recently read a great article on Fastcodesign.com that, I think, puts logos in the proper perspective.
Energy, security are IDB's Bahamas focus
The Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) president yesterday said areas such as energy and citizen security were among the bank’s priorities in its 2014-2017 Bahamas country strategy.
BTC can 'equal' $807m Macau unit
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) majority shareholder believes the company can be developed into “a world class service” provider equivalent to its Macau business, which it sold last week for $806.8 million.
