Which comes first, chicken or the cell?

Last week, I placed on the national agenda the issue of the State having to balance the benefits from a competitive telecom scenario against the $5 billion the State has invested in NEL...

Karamath, lonics want to reduce desal stake

The Desalination Company is giving consideration to an Initial Public Offering of shares on the local stock market...

Executives make time to sweat

Working hard, working out

It’s evening time. While work is piling up on a desk, an executive is busy working...out. More and more, executives are realising that getting fit and staying fit and healthy is just as important as those letters that need to be signed or the documents that have to be reviewed...

BG not daunted by oil blank

British Gas T&T will continue its local exploration activities despite not winning any bids for ten offshore blocks...

Dookeran calls for more credit union transparency

Former Central Bank Governor Winston Dookeran has called on the Hindu Credit Union to publish delinquent loans or liquidity as one way to expose financial hurdles...

Mandela’s dinner records deficit

Despite generating nearly a million dollars, last month’s Nelson Mandela dinner did not generate the expected surpluses. As a result, only a token payment will be made to its designated charity, the Cyril Ross Home...

TSTT: Two-week wait normal

Be prepared to wait ten working days if you’re trying to transfer a telephone line. That’s also the amount of time telecommunications provider TSTT says it takes to install a new phone line...

Grace, Kennedy to launch five new mutual funds

Nine years ago, in an attempt at 20/20 visioning, the Jamaican-headquartered company Grace, Kennedy, said it wanted to earn half of its profit outside of Jamaica by 2005...

The card that saves you

Does your company spend thousands of dollars annually on bills for executive travel? If so, then you are probably looking for some way to reduce expenditure on these bills...

From glossy pages to small screen

Island Life started off six years ago as a glossy magazine highlighting Caribbean art, architecture, cuisine and entertainment...

Caroni Lands — Part II

This week we will be examining the various considerations which would come into play in devising a policy for the redistribution of Caroni’s lands...

Electrifying networks

After the last two articles, we’ve seen how important networking computers can be to a business. We also saw that wireless networks can make life easier for hard-to-access areas of a house or business. But, in the case of a larger building, Wi-Fi (wireless) signals may not be able to penetrate the metal-and-mortar walls, making even wireless a less than brilliant solution...

Strategic management of legal risk

Legal disputes and regulatory investigations expose our companies to enormous costs and risks. These extend beyond the direct financial consequences of an adverse outcome and the high cost of litigation. For example, a major dispute or regulatory investigation may cause our company to lose its focus and is likely to consume an inordinate amount of management time...

Canada strikes a balance

Which international oil company was the surprise “victor,” for want of a better word, in last week’s award of offshore blocks by the ministry of energy and energy industries?

Turn ethical values into business values

Let me invite you to walk with me through some of the notions and reflections that have engaged me in my own journey in these challenging and changing times, which, I believe, demand a markedly different order of leadership...

All mutual funds are not same

T&T’s economy continues to prosper with oil prices recently peaking at 13-year highs coupled with the announcement of new oil and gas discoveries. The buoyancy of the economy is reflected in a surge in the level of investments at all levels of the society...

Central Bank monitors liquidity conditions

Following the traditional tightening in liquidity at or near the end of any month, bank deposit rates were down marginally at the end of last week when compared to the rates on deposits around April 30...