What spending can Govt cut?

In looking at ways of addressing T&T’s out-of-control inflation issue, many of this country’s commentators, economists and private sector organisations strongly advocate that the Government reduce its spending.

Obama to inherit feeble economy

WASHINGTON—To the victor goes the mess. Barack Obama’s presidential election victory comes with an albatross of a prize—an economy beset by a stubborn housing slump and the worst financial crisis in 70 years.

Govt urged to develop Inflation management plan

As food prices in T&T continue to spiral despite a fall of prices in the global commodity market, CL Financial’s chief financial officer, Ram Ramesh, is advising the Government to address consumer fears and outline a clear plan of action to deal with the nation’s double digit inflation rate.

Latin America/Caribbean

‘Most dangerous region in the world’

Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region in the world, according to director of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Department of International Affairs, Irene Klinger.

Economic slowdown

Observing that the region is somewhat buoyed by multibillion-dollar remittances, Klinger said that the region might be in for an economic slowdown.

Reinventing service

One woman bids to change T&T’s bad service image

Complaints about bad service in T&T are almost a cliche.

The art of making a sale

Genevieve Madoo, 26, is a natural when it comes to the art of selling. She has the ability to convert almost any item, any idea, into cash.

Angostura Holdings pulls out of $35 million sugarcane venture

Angostura Holdings Ltd (AGL) pulled out of spending $35 million to fully finance the Sugarcane Farmers Co-operative’s venture to acquire the Ste Madeleine factory from Caroni (1975) Ltd to produce sugarcane, molasses and bagasse.

Falling commodity prices

A serious challenge for T&T

The fall in crude oil prices over the past month has received considerable media interest, especially with respect to the impact of lower prices on government revenue.

Make sure to RSVP

The Christmas season has arrived and many of you will be receiving invitations to various corporate and private Christmas functions.

The case for IT governance

Last week’s article examined the value of information technology (IT) and one of the tools that is used by organisations for improving their IT governance.

Planning for the

New transportation network

Taking a long-term view of the government’s transportation proposals, it is clear that we need to carefully plan these.

READERS RESPOND

In response to October 23 BG View, “Is consideration a four-letter word?”

One big step for Obama, one giant leap for America

This commentary is being written before the US presidential election on November 4. At this point, it seems certain that Barack Obama will be elected President of the United States of America.

Opportunities afar

The current global financial crisis has thus far stagnated growth in many economies and has been the catalyst to recessionary expectations in the US.

EPA and the Singapore issues

The Arthur Lok Jack School of Business recently hosted its latest edition of the Ideas Forum.

Information and Communication Technologies

Educating our children for tomorrow

ICT’s role in quality education provides the platform or foundation on which knowledge-based societies are created and sustained.

Suspending reality

In a previous article, I presented the main arguments for and against fair value accounting and concluded that although improvements could be made for financial reporting to be more useful for investors trying to understand risk, fair value is not to be blamed for the credit crisis.