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Wednesday, June 19, 2013Finance and the Economy Minister Larry Howai yesterday.

Government has moved to protect citizens from undue risks and ensure the development of a robust insurance sector that will avoid crises such as experienced with Clico in 2009, said Finance and the

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

WASHINGTON—The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission says the agency will start requiring companies and individuals to admit wrongdoing in some big settlements. Curren

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Overall market activity resulted from trading in 15 securities of which five advanced, one declined and nine traded firm. Trading activity on the First Tier Market registered a volume of 157,621 sh

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

NEW YORK—It’s all about the Fed. Still. US stocks moved higher yesterday, helped by news of a pickup in home building and low inflation.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

NEW YORK—The price of oil rose above US$98 yesterday as traders awaited the latest word on both the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy and US oil supplies. US benchmark oil for July

Wednesday, June 19, 2013Google workers ride bikes outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, yesterday. AP Photo

WASHINGTON—Google yesterday sharply challenged the US government’s gag order on its Internet surveillance programme, citing what it described as a constitutional free speech right

Tuesday, June 18, 2013Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will visit T&T next month

Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will visit T&T next month.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Overall market activity resulted from trading in eight securities of which three advanced, one declined and four traded firm. Trading activity on the first tier market registered a volume of 40,001

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

BRIDGETOWN—Caribbean diplomats in the United Kingdom are gearing up to lobby the British government for an ease in the airline passenger duty (APD), a tax which Caribbean countries say seriously af

Monday, June 17, 2013

Trade Minister Vasant Bharath recently received a courtesy call from Huang Xing Yuan, newly installed Chinese Ambassador.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Marketing your startup can get expensive and often the strategy you choose doesn’t work as planned.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) made more profit outside of Jamaica than it did in its home country. JMMB’s associate in T&T saw its asset base climb from $13.7 billion, as at March 31, 200

Monday, June 17, 2013

Opportunities in the energy sector must be optimised to foster a sustainable and stable economy in the future, Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie has said. In his address at a seminar on a Achieving

Radhica SookrajSunday, June 16, 2013Participants at the seminar listen to one of the presentations. PHOTOS: KRISTIAN DE SILVA

Planning Minister Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie says T&T is one of the most inefficient countries in the world when it comes to managing natural resources.

Casandra Thompson-ForbesSunday, June 16, 2013

A youth friendly budget that includes sustainable planning with the environment in mind, greater access to tertiary education and service sector development, are som

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Business students of Mayaro Secondary School celebrated their success in the recently-concluded Miped/Ytepp business plan competition at an awards ceremony at the school. 

 

Sunday, June 16, 2013

WASHINGTON DC—The World Bank has warned that growth in the Caribbean “will be held back” by large fiscal adjustments necessary to bring fiscal deficits to sustainable levels and help reduce public

Sunday, June 16, 2013Sir Ronald Sanders

Consultant and former Caribbean diplomat Sir Ronald Sanders says complaints by Jamaican manufacturers in the current trade dispute with T&T should be taken seriously and dealt with “expeditious

Sunday, June 16, 2013Computing devices running the Microsoft operating systems are seen at the start of Microsoft Corporation's unveiling event of its new operating system upgrade 8.1 at the Computex Taipei 2013, one of the world's largest IT exhibitions, in Taipei, Taiwan. AP Photo

NEW YORK—Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft’s Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as

Saturday, June 15, 2013Governor of the Bank of Jamaica Brian Wynter

KINGSTON—Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Brian Wynter has downplayed concerns about the depreciating Jamaican dollar.