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March 26, 2024
Bahamian firms cite access to finance as major or severe obstacle to conducting business

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamian firms have cited access to finance as a major or severe obstacle to conducting business, with only a small percentage reporting having a line of credit to access short-term funding.  The Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) recently released 2024-2028 country strategy for The Bahamas pointed to the Innovation, Firm Performance, and Gender [...]

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February 23, 2024
U.S. Firm Intuitive Machines Makes Historic Moon Touchdown

UNITED STATES - An American company, Intuitive Machines, has made history by being the first commercial entity to land a spacecraft on the moon. 

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September 11, 2011
Mexian Firm Aiming to Replace Discovery

A MEXICAN-BASED ferry company is among the contenders seeking to replace Discovery Cruise Line as the main maritime transportation link between Grand Bahama and Fort Lauderdale, Tribune Business can reveal, with its executives set to visit the island this week for meetings at the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce.

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July 28, 2016
Firm says survey shows majority of FNM voters would choose Butler-Turner team

A survey of 350 Free National Movement (FNM) voters conducted via phone from May 9, 2016 through June 17, 2016, shows that they overwhelmingly prefer a leadership team selected by Loretta Butler-Turner (36 percent) as opposed to Dr. Hubert Minnis (17 percent) or Brent Symonette (22 percent), RABA Research, an American firm, said in a press release issued yesterday.
The release coincided with the s...

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January 18, 2024
It's Pointless To Put Legislation In Place, That Is Not Firm

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - As crime, particularly murder, continues to make headlines and remain front and center in the minds of Bahamians, Minister of National Security, Wayne Munroe is addressing issues hindering the implementation of new anti-gang legislation.

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January 11, 2024
Dame Marguerite Holds Firm To Decades Long Tradition

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Along the journey with the late Sir Lynden was his wife Dame Marguerite Pindling. Since his passing in 2000 she has continued her decades long tradition of laying a wreath at the grave of her late-husband, on the anniversary of Majority Rule.

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January 03, 2024
Contractors Association President upbeat about Bahamian construction sector in 2024 amidst antitrust concerns for smaller firms

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The outlook for the Bahamian construction sector in 2024 remains positive, coming off what was, for some, one of the best years in over a decade, according to Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president Leonard Sand,s who also expressed concern that antitrust or anti-monopoly legislation may become necessary to ensure that smaller players [...]

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October 12, 2023
AG says Bahamas well-suited for Fintech firms

Attorney General Ryan Pinder said yesterday that Fintech firms will not find large jurisdictions friendly to their flexibility and innovation requirements and contended that small international financial centers like The Bahamas is where these kinds of firms will be nurtured and allowed to grow while being subject to world-class regulations.

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October 12, 2023
Christina Rolle: Crypto firms coming to the realization that they need to be regulated 

The cryptocurrency industry is coming to terms with the fact that it will have to be regulated, even if they are coming to that realization "kicking and screaming", Executive Director of the Securities Commission of The Bahamas Christina Rolle said yesterday at the D3 Bahamas Conference. Rolle made the remarks in the context of decentralized ...
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September 27, 2023
Govt partners with Canadian agri-tech firm

The government of The Bahamas, through its Innovate242 initiative, has entered into a partnership with Canada-based Growcers Modular Food Solutions, a statement on the matter explained. According to the statement, the innovation in growing food that Growcers will provide will first be implemented at the Bahamas Agriculture & Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) in Andros. The partnership cam...

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