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BG
View from the Editor
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Blessed
are our millionaires, too
LISTENING
to the Morning Edition television programme on Wednesday
morning, I was struck by the conversation that dominated
the first dialogue between co-hosts Andy Johnson and
Morgan Job...
Current
thinking on design-build
I
recently attended a conference in London co-sponsored
by the AIA and the RIBA that focussed on design-build...
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News
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With
food prices rising...
Compare
before buying
Flour
prices went up by 30 per cent in Jamaica in October...
A
piece of history:
Variety
shops still in stock
Rummaging
through their childhood memories, everyone remembers
this place—the local variety shop...
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Verbatim
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Focus
on technology, finance and tourism
Over
the next two weeks, we will be reproducing excerpts
of the feature address by Chamber’s president
Ian Collier at the recent induction ceremony of our
Business Hall of Fame on November 23...
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Money
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Bank
of the South
VENEZUELAN
PRESIDENT Hugo Chavez and leaders of six other South
American nations last weekend launched a regional
development bank that they tout as the continent’s
answer to US-influenced international lenders...
Jamaica:
Long road ahead
For
the first half of 2007, the Jamaican domestic economy
remained positive as economic activity continued to
expand and inflationary pressures moderated...
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Tips
For Life
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Dos
and don’ts for
Life
in a cube farm
Is
your current workspace a cubicle?
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Energy
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A
case for oil
…again
Oil
has become a proxy for geopolitics...
Conservation
pays off
There
is a market for energy conservation in T&T and
the rest of the Caribbean, according to Andre Escalante,
managing director of Energy Dynamics Ltd...
Marking
100 years of oil in T&T
One
hundred years ago this month, events were unfolding
in the forest of Guapo that would permanently alter
the social and economic landscape of T&T...
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Management
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Change
leadership
A
single person with strong conviction can change direction...
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Investment
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Coping
with…
High
oil and food prices
‘Tis
the season to be jolly, but for those who have to
face the grocery this month, there may not be all
that much to smile about. Just about everything is
on the rise with flour being the latest addition to
the list. Oil prices are also rising which should
be good news for us here in T&T...
Emerging
Europe
an
underdeveloped investment potential
The
global equity markets in 2007 have had a mixed year...
New
Year’s
Financial
resolutions
The
new year is a symbolic time for fresh beginnings and
provides an opportunity to review and reflect on the
past year...
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Commentary
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US
contagion infecting global economy
The
decline of the US dollar has infected Canada, Asia
and Europe and world economic growth looks set to
slow markedly to a four-year low in 2008.
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