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Business Outlook gives summit speaker line-up

The upcoming Bahamas Business Outlook conference will focus on how multiple post-Hurricane Dorian challenges can be converted into quality rebuilding, modernisation and growth opportunities. ssembling some heavy hitters to explore the theme of this

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BTC chief in promise on service ‘black hole’

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) top executive last night pledged to deliver “a best-in-class experience” for all users after complaints that clients were left “in the lurch” by poor customer service.

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Bahamas places bid to host IAAF World Relays in 2014

The official bid has been placed and now the Bahamas will await the decision from the international governing body for track and field as i

Rejected web shop: ‘Only in Bahamas does this happen’

The only web shop operator denied a license again attacked this decision yesterday, telling Tribune Business: “Only in the Bahamas this nonsense could happen”.

‘Major rethink’ urged over electricity grid and Building Code

The Bahamas needs to have “a major rethink” over its electricity infrastructure and coastal/Family Island building codes following Hurricane Matthew’s devastation, a leading insurance executive said yesterday.

Satellite provider refunds 5% of base over axed service

A LEADING Bahamian satellite TV provider said it was in “wait and see” mode over the restoration of Direct TV’s US feed to some 500 account holders, confirming that the service was not officially authorised.

Satellite provider refunds 5% of base over axed service

A LEADING Bahamian satellite TV provider said it was in “wait and see” mode over the restoration of Direct TV’s US feed to some 500 account holders, confirming that the service was not officially authorised.

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.

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Baha Mar sues China State Construction in UK High Court

BAHA Mar developers today filed a claim in the English High Court against the parent company of its general contractor, China Construction America.

Annoyed by lawless motorcyclists

THE quiet of Sunday evening out west was broken for hours by the wheeling hoard of 10-15 motorcyclists doing their thing on West Bay…right across each side of the street.

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Blaze hits Magic City

POLICE are investigating a fire at Magic City Night Club that destroyed most of the club and damaged two nearby businesses.

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Quality's 20,000 customer goal at South Beach

Super Value’s owner yesterday said his two supermarket brands will collectively employ more than 1,000 persons when the final store opens in February, adding that he would be “thrilled” if the latest location attracted 20,000 customers per week.

Baha Mar now turned into a political football

AS IF the Baha Mar situation is not bad enough, the two persons who should be kept as far away as possible from any “negotiations” to get the $3.5 billion Cable Beach resort opened by the winter season, have now stuck their noses in where they should not be tolerated.

‘Light at end of tunnel’ on Govt mobile buyout

Between 40,000-50,000 Bahamians could own a stake in the second mobile operator’s majority shareholder, with efforts to buy out the Government now glimpsing “light at the end of the tunnel”.

Clubs and Societies

Antique Auto Club. - Members of the Antique Auto Club of The Bahamas got a kickstart on building the Christmas spirit this week as they wrapped, packed and delivered gifts and bags of groceries for some 120 deserving children at three different Primary Schools.

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‘BTC job cutbacks show the duplicity of government’

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney yesterday rejected the government’s clarification that it will not interfere with the Bahamas Telecommunication Company’s plans to offer voluntary separation packages to hundreds of employees.

Stock market maintains slow, steady recovery

The Bahamian stock market maintained its slow but steady recovery through to end-September 2014, with the exchange’s All-Share Index up 7.44 per cent for the year.

Basketball Smiles moves into its 20th edition this summer

BASKETBALL Smiles will move into its 20th edition this summer, continuing the mandate of its original mission statement of youth development through basketball and life skills.

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US bank pushes on capital access

BAHAMIAN small and medium-sized companies could access millions of dollars in working capital, and be able to purchase US-made goods, through the U

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Moody's: GDP down by a fifth

Moody’s expects a 22 percent contraction in GDP in 2020, citing high unemployment and a near tourism collapse in 2020.