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The coming crisis

A chilling warning for Caribbean governments...

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With 20% stake in RBTT

How will NIB vote?

AS THOUSANDS of nationals get ready to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this weekend, I wish that the shareholders of RBTT would spare a thought for the fate of their bank...

How Latin America can avoid recession

On Monday, Anoop Singh, the director of Western Hemisphere Department at the International Monetary Fund, made a statement entitled “The Financial Market Crisis and Risks for Latin America” at a conference in Brazil...

Regional exchange not on horizon

Lack of common currency, proper legal framework hinder progress

Charles de Silva, deputy general manager of the T&T Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has said that unless regional security and exchange regulators swiftly adopt a protocol to deal with cross-border takeovers, the acrimony which developed between Neal & Massy Holdings Ltd and ANSA McAL over the acquisition of Barbados Shipping & Trading (BS&T), will not be the region’s last.

DR, Jamaica top 2007 remittances list to Caribbean

Nationals of the Dominican Republic and Jamaica sent home some US$5 billion last year according to the Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)...

World’s biggest jet flies to London

A Singapore Airlines A380, the world’s biggest airplane, flew on Tuesday from Singapore for London on its first commercial flight to Europe...

Air Jamaica seeks financial partner

KINGSTON—The Jamaican government has reportedly contracted the International Financial Group to help struggling carrier, Air Jamaica...

New chairman for Lok Jack Graduate School of Business

Prof Clement Sankat has been appointed the new chairman of the board of directors of the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business...

Calling cards Your personal branding tool

Business cards may be an evolution of the small, engraved calling or visiting card that existed before the women’s movement...

Breakthrough negotiating for women: It’s a matter of style

Susanna Hoffs was performing at a local club with The Bangles, which became the dominant all-female rock band of the 1980s...

Islamic capital markets

Have you ever considered how the Islamic community raises financing without including the traditional financial concept of interest? Well, there is a way and here’s why and how it’s done...

Court reverses Exxon freeze on Venezuela assets

LONDON—A British judge has lifted a US$12 billion freeze on Venezuelan assets awarded to US oil major Exxon Mobil in a spat over a seized oil field...

Power to the people

Foreign companies markets energy-saving technology

Encore Energy Systems announced on Tuesday its plans to expand in the Caribbean market...

The Future of Energy: Ideas from youth

The future of the T&T energy sector includes the export of skills through energy services; adjusting fiscal terms to stimulate exploration; renewable energy; selling energy services to Suriname, Guyana and Barbados; cross-border co-operation with Venezuela and energy efficiency...

Time for a reality check

“When the lights go down in the city, and the sun shines on the bay.....”

Getting your financial house in order

We are all aware that we need to plan for our financial future by saving and investing, but most of us are daunted by the task and even where to start...

Life raft in a sinking market

The equity markets in 2008 have failed to deliver. Most if not all markets are in the red. Even the top-performing markets for 2007 are struggling...

Caribbean political union?

Once again the elusive dream of a political union among some Caribbean countries is being pursued but no one should hold their breath in the expectation that it will become a reality anytime soon...

The cost of food

One of the conventional philosophies of the private sector in addressing supply and demand in the marketplace is to oversupply and thus drive prices down.