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How
preferences underdevelop sugar
EPA
madness
LAST
MONTH, one of the region’s most renowned economists,
Professor Norman Girvan, posted an online petition
in which a call was made, in effect, for a delay in
the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement
(EPA) by Caricom governments and the Dominican Republic
(collectively called Cariforum) with the European
Union...
EPA:
Unifying or divisive?
It
was the former Dominica prime minister, the late Dame
Eugenia Charles, who, when asked to comment on the
political situation in Haiti during the reign of the
Duvalier regime, noted “Bad elections are better
than no elections at all.”
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News
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Dust
in your face
Pt
Lisas companies complain about clouds of steel dust
from ArcelorMittal plant
The
Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation
Ltd (Plipdeco) has filed a formal complaint with the
Environmental Management Authority (EMA) of air pollution
by ArcelorMittal Point Lisas Ltd on the estate...
Broadgate
Place set to rise despite delays
Construction
of the $800 million Broadgate Place project on Broadway
and South Quay, Port-Of-Spain, is now expected to
begin by June, according to Peter Mohan, chairman
of Transcorp Development...
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Corporate
Ladder
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John
Tang Nian named GM at Republic
Republic
Bank has announced the appointment of John Tang Nian
to the position of general manager, corporate operations
and process improvement...
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Fredback
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Real
estate market crash inevitable
Driven
by greed and speculation, the Trinidad real estate
market shot through the roof...
Caribbean
integration needs also important
Oscar
Wilde is known to have remarked that the only thing
worse than being talked about is not being talked
about...
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Trade
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Top10
things to know
China’s
rise as an economic power is no longer a prediction...
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Technology
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Phone
viruses to spread as telecom, computer worlds merge
Viruses
and hacking on mobile phones are still rare but attacks
are a looming danger as increasing numbers of people
access the Internet and download files with their
handsets, experts say...
Scientists
consider turning greenhouse gas into gasoline
Two
scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory say people
will still be driving gasoline-powered cars 50 years
from now, churning out heat-trapping carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere; and yet that carbon dioxide will
not contribute to global warming...
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Tips
For Life
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When
boring speeches strike
We
all have had this experience: you are at an event
listening to a boring speaker and you can’t help
fiddling with the programme, checking your Blackberry,
going over a mental-to-do list or looking at your
watch…anything to keep your mind occupied...
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Management
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Substance
abuse in the workplace
Substance
abuse is an expensive and overwhelming issue for the
workplace...
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Money
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The
right balance Worldwide adoption of International
Financial Reporting Standards
There
is a change that has been taking place around the
world in recent years that few outside of the finance
and accounting professions are aware of...
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Investment
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Survival
of the fittest
Currently,
investors are experiencing high levels of volatility
that are shaking the US and inevitably the international
markets. How then do we adjust our portfolio to take
into account the anticipation and scepticism investors
are experiencing?
The
secondary bond market
A
few weeks ago the Central Bank of T&T, in conjunction
with the Stock Exchange, officially launched secondary
bond trading in the country...
Credit
ratings critical to capital market development
The
Central Bank of T&T (CBTT) and the T&T Stock
Exchange (TTSE) must be congratulated for their successful
implementation of a platform to facilitate the electronic
trading of bonds and fixed income securities...
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Commentary
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The
issue of reserve to production
Does
T&T need a target RP ratio?
The
reserve to production ratio (RP) has generated much
discussion since the findings of the 2007 Ryder Scott
report were made public in August 2007...
No
black in the White House
In
the years that I have been writing a widely published
weekly commentary, I have never received as many responses
as I did to my commentary last week on Barack Obama’s
quest for the White House...
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