Living Poor

2005 Survey: 17 Per Cent Poverty in T&T

Sharon Allen, 43, makes a living washing clothes...

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Understanding globalisation

I have been re-reading New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s truly brilliant “The Lexus and the olive tree,” which still is—seven years after the updated and expanded soft cover edition—the best exposition of globalisation...

Will FCIB delist?

I am once again moved, by recent events taking place in the financial landscape, to voice my concerns on behalf of First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB) minority shareholders in particular and minority shareholders of publicly listed companies in general. The events to which I refer are as follows:

Broadgate’s tower set to rise

The French company Bouygues Batiment, which is building the Waterfront Project, has also been contracted to construct Transcorp’s Broadgate Place, a 26-storey office tower on Broadway, Port-of-Spain...

AIC Group to unveil new management team

‘We are here to stay,’ says Michael Lee Chin

JAMAICA-BORN CANADIAN billionaire investor Michael Lee Chin’s AIC Financial Group is on the brink of announcing new top management appointments for its operations in Trinidad, Lee Chin said on Tuesday in Port-of-Spain...

Minister Conrad Enill:

T&T’s inflation on the decline

T&T’s inflation rate is on the decline, says Conrad Enill, Minister in the Ministry of Finance; attributing the development to the Government’s prudent management of the economy...

What is ethanol?

Ethanol is a clean-burning, high-octane fuel that is produced from renewable sources. At its most basic, ethanol is grain alcohol, produced from crops such as corn and sugarcane...

Japan makes deal with Brazil

A project between Brazil and Japan to help supply Brazilian ethanol made from sugarcane to the Japanese market could cost US$8 billion, Brazil’s largest newspaper reported on Saturday...

Brazil, US to discuss an ‘Opec’ for ethanol

Rio de Janeiro—Brazil’s home-grown fuel independence is set to be a cornerstone of discussions starting Friday when US President George Walker Bush visits Brazil. Mr Bush and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are expected to sign off on the joint creation of an “Opec” for ethanol, the bio-fuel that has freed Brazil from dependence on imported resources...

Argentina and Venezuela…

The double digit dilemma

Inflation is cause for major concern to policymakers in any economy. In addition to the constant eye on T&T’s inflation rate, the Latin American economies of Argentina and Venezuela remain under scrutiny...

bourse mutual fund review

Bond funds are stable and steady but not risk free

The local and regional equity markets have over the past five years demonstrated the volatility that can be found from investments in stocks...

STOP! No more excuses

I hope after the articles of the past couple of weeks you have come to appreciate that you do have the power to create wealth and put yourself on the road to financial security...

Integrating

Latin America and the Caribbean

Guyana has become the first English-speaking country to host a summit meeting of the Rio Group made up of 20 Latin American and Caribbean nations...

Chasing performance

Why you shouldn’t look back

We all want to back a winner with our investments...

Great Expectations

Understanding oil prices, natural gas and limiting public speculation

International oil prices are frequently reported in the T&T press and often form the basis of discussions on talk radio and, in general, conversation about politics and economics in the country...