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BG
View from the Editor
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Are
we really cannibals?
At
a time when T&T businessmen are being described
in the region as “selfish,” “bombastic”
and even cannibalistic, it may be necessary to put some
perspective on what local companies have been able to
achieve in the Caribbean in the last 15 years or so...
Don’t
sell your FCIB shares
Last
week Wednesday, the chief executive of CIBC Gerry
McCaughey said the bank would support moves by its
Barbados-based subsidiary to make acquisitions, likely
in the English-speaking Caribbean...
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Coroporate
Ladder
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Digicel
appoints Hazel Douglas Tobago country manager
Digicel
has promoted Hazel Douglas, its consumer sales executive
in Tobago, to the position of country manager...
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News
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Looking
for work?
Govt
job centre helps the unemployed
Gabrielle,
19, has been working as an assistant co-ordinator at
a company that offers roadside assistance and also links
callers to registered nurses in Canada...
Profiting
from pain Part II
The
2005 Commission of Enquiry into the health sector, headed
by chairman Gladys Gaffoor, had these findings:
Going
places
Local
real estate company forges international links
Mausica-based
real estate company Cornerstone Properties is forging
international links...
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Vrebatim
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‘We
are tried, tested and proven’
Our
private sector in T&T is in an expansionary mode,
fuelled by a drive to grow our businesses...
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Money
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At
the mercy of the Feds
Being
at the mercy of another is seldom a desirable position
and matters become a lot more complicated when the authoritative
party lacks direction...
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One
on One
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Oswald
Motilal’s Facing competition and finding success
“The
major hurdle was getting old mentally,” laughed
Oswald Motilal of GGI LTD...
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Investment
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Inflation:
What’s the real deal?
“Recent
inflation data released by the Central Statistical Office
indicate that the rate of inflation has slowed for the
fourth consecutive month...
Investment
decisions Hold, fold or invest
Declining
local and regional equity markets may highlight the
need for a paradigm shift in investment patterns...
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Energy
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Energy
boom
Caribbean
companies thrive on ethanol tariff loophole
Port-of-Spain—Surrounded
by ramshackle watermelon stands and burning sugarcane
fields, Texas oilman Ron White shows off the site for
his next big investment: a planned US$20 million ethanol
processing plant...
Brazil,
Italy link on biofuel
SAO
PAULO—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
and visiting Italian Premier Romano Prodi will try to
strike a partnership on producing ethanol and biodiesel
in Brazil and Africa, the two leaders said last Monday...
Energy
services need support
The
fact that our hydrocarbon resources are a finite resource
has led to repeated calls for the diversification of
the economy away from its reliance upon the energy sector...
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Commentary
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Putting
the spin on investing
This
week, I want to borrow some of the excitement surrounding
the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 to draw some analogies
between cricket and investing...
Fruits
of the future?
In
the year marking the 200th anniversary of the British
act of parliament abolishing the trade in African slaves,
representatives of African and Caribbean governments
will hold a conference in South Africa between Africans
and their diaspora in the Caribbean...
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