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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 10, 2009

  Bahamas: Tax system 'inadequate' to reduce fiscal deficit

By NEIL HARTNELL - Tribune Business Editor: THE current Bahamian tax system is "not adequate to reduce the fiscal deficit on a long-term basis", a senior accountant told Tribune Business yesterday, urging the Government to broaden its revenue base by introducing a new structure in a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 27, 2009

  Cubans fear hard times ahead, impatient for change

By Marc Frank: HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Cubans are bracing for hard times in 2010 as President Raul Castro slashes imports and cuts government spending to get Cuba out of crisis -- and they are growing impatient with the slow pace of economic reform. Hurricanes, the global recession, US...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 20, 2009

  Jamaica: Hoping for a bold Mr Golding

It is good that neither Prime Minister Golding nor Finance Minister Shaw feels it worthwhile to attack Moody's over its downgrade of Jamaica's sovereign debt by two rungs to Caa1. That would be just a case of shooting the messenger, as was the case a fortnight ago when Standard and Poor's (S&P)...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 1, 2009

  Latin America/The Caribbean: Hunger still prevalent

Only Brazil, Chile and Cuba have advanced in the fight against hunger. The population suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is on the rise again, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Oct. 16, World Food Day. Jacques Diouf, the body´s...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 21, 2009

  Bahamas: Government budget cuts loom

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: Information obtained by The Nassau Guardian suggests that at the beginning of May the government was planning a 7 percent 'across-the-board' budget cut, which would include personnel cuts. Documentation received by...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 27, 2008

  The crisis of capitalism: toward the end of a materialist age

By İBRAHİM ÖZTÜRK: Today we are paying the cost of the last, but not the least, crisis caused by the "capitalist ideology." To remind you, a serious crisis came at the beginning of the 20th century that resulted in World War I. The second big crisis came with the Great Depression and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 8, 2008

  Obama ran: Our children can fly

By Sir Ronald Sanders: We have lived through a truly historic moment. The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America defied all odds and lifted the hopes and aspirations of people of all races and nationalities. But, his election has created unreasonable...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 13, 2008

  From crisis to panic

By ASIM ERDİLEK: It is no longer just a global financial crisis waiting to be ended by government rescue plans of this sort and that sort, here and there. What we now have is a full-blown global financial panic, seemingly impervious to plans of any sort, which last week caused a brutal...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 19, 2008

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook (WEO) Report on The Bahamas

The IMF report on The Bahamas: The Nassau, Guardian Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: In his essay on, 'The Principles of Population,' the political economist, Thomas Malthus attributed the decline in living standards in nineteenth century England, to the rapid growth in population...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 18, 2008

  Proudfoot Consulting: Caribbean Banks Growing, But Face A New Set Of Challenges

Firm: Caribbean Banks Growing, But Face New Challenges - Bahama Journal - Nassau, Bahamas: Although banks in the Caribbean are thriving, financial firms are facing a new set of challenges, according to Proudfoot Consulting, a global management consulting firm based in the United States. ...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008

  THE POWERLESS POWERS

Reflections of Fidel: THIS is a serious subject. The summit meeting of leaders of the eight most highly industrialized powers on the planet took place July 7-9 at a mountain retreat on the banks of the Toyako, a lake formed inside a volcanic crater located in the north of the island of...... [view]

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