Outgrowing the Hilton

I was driving into the Hilton on Tuesday morning for a meeting when I was struck—not for the first time—by how desperately this country needs a large, efficient convention centre...

Clico invests in art

Insurance company Clico has added an art gallery to its investment portfolio that includes banks, methanol, shopping malls, fine spirits, communications and real estate...

Manners for Tobago Express

Legal and Consumer Affairs Minister Danny Montano said the Government wants to put new rules in place to prevent unnecessary delays and cancellations at Tobago Express...

Fair fares

School is out and that means vacation travel has started as families look to jet off to foreign lands for a while. This year, travellers seem to be the winners as there is heavy competition vying for your travel dollars. As usual, the popular destinations are Canada, New York, London, Barbados and, to a lesser extent, Miami and Ft Lauderdale. While you may think booking an airfare is a simple process, think again...

15,000 to benefit from NHA move

Some 15,000 owners of National Housing Authority homes are finally getting deeds to properties that were purchased years ago...

SEC approves Republic disclosure

Republic Bank Ltd was not required by the local Securities Exchange Commission to make a material change disclosure relating to its acquisition of Banco Mercantil, acting SEC general manager Denise Hackett has said...

Transport woes hurting Tobago hotels

Tobago hoteliers Renee Seepersadsingh said the tourist industry on the island fully supports Legal and Consumer Affairs Minister Danny Montano’s plans to penalise Tobago Express for poor service...

Making history - Youth arm looks to manage credit union

What are the odds of having a credit union managed by children as young as 11 years? It is not that far fetched. Just ask the members of First Step Youth Credit Union, a project of Lever Brothers and UWI credit unions...

Entrepreneur uses his business exploits to promote - Provocative branding

He’s suave, controversial and unconventional when describing his business exploits. British entrepreneur BJ (Baby John) Cunningham mesmerised over 700 government officials, businessmen, hoteliers and other stakeholders from the tourism sector with his explanation of provocative branding...

Other ways to point and click

Zerox Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) was responsible for inventing and developing many things we use today, including the point and click interface for computers, the laser printer and the ubiquitous networking standard, Ethernet, to name a few...

US economy grows 4.6%

The US forecasted growth for 2004 was marginally revised down to 4.5 per cent from 4.6 per cent according to a survey of experts in the field...

Creating strong brands for success

To succeed in business, we must attract and retain clientele. One of the means of doing so is by creating a strong brand that is synonymous with a particular service and quality of product...

Skewed estimates of value

Over the past couple of weeks I have attempted to make the point that there is more to the evaluation of corporate performance than simply calculating a price to earnings ratio (P/E) using the published earnings per share (EPS)...

FTAA may force NP sale

The PNM administration has bent over backwards to try and safeguard the near-monopoly position of the local fuels distributor, the National Petroleum Marketing Company, better known as NP, which happens to be 100 per cent State-owned...