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Raphael John-LallThursday, June 13, 2013Trade Minister Vasant Bharath cuts the ribbon to formally open the 14th annual Trade & Investment Convention 2013 (TIC) at the Hyatt Regency yesterday. From left are Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie; Environment Minister Ganga Singh; TIC chairman Anthony Aboud; group chief executive officer, First Citizens, Larry Nath; Minister in the Ministry of the Environment Ramona Ramdial; TTMA president Nicholas Lok Jack; Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz; and TSTT chairman Everald Snaggs. PHOTO: NICOLE DRAYTON

The recent visits of US Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping to T&T, followed by this week’s Trade and Investme

Thursday, June 13, 2013

NEWARK—US prosecutors in New Jersey have announced charges against eight alleged members of an international ring they say hacked into the computers of more than a dozen leading fi

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Overall market activity resulted from trading in 14 securities of which four advanced, two declined and eight traded firm. 

 

 

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Georgetown—Around 80 participants from the Caribbean, including government, civil society, academia and private sector representatives, will meet in Ge

Thursday, June 13, 2013Subhas Ramkhelawan

The Board of the T&T Stock Exchange (TTSE) recently elected Subhas Ramkhelawan as chairman.

Sean NeroThursday, June 13, 2013Stephen Smit, left, chairman, Gulf Insurance Ltd and CEO, Assuria Group greets Carl Hiralal, right, inspector of financial institutions, Central Bank of T&T, while John Gonzales, managing director, Gulf Insurance Ltd looks on at the re-launch of Gulf Insurance Ltd as part of the Assuria Group. PHOTO: SEAN NERO

While new insurance legislation currently before Parliament seeks to ensure that companies have appropriate risk based capital requirements, that wil

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

With the opening of T&T’s 50th Rituals Coffee House, Mario Sabga-Aboud has fulfilled a promise to customers to make their favourite coffee and chillers available within a ten minute radius. The

Laura Dowrich-PhillipsTuesday, June 11, 2013Navin Deo, right, territory manager for Lexmark Caribbean and Rene Vela, general manager for the Caribbean region.

You’ve heard of smart phones and smart appliances but have you heard of a smart printer? Not to be left out of the rapidly evo

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Overall market activity resulted from trading in eight securities of which one advanced, three declined and four traded firm. Trading activity on the First Tier Market registered a volume of 72,071

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Republic Bank Limited has acquired 68,854,703 shares in HFC Bank Ghana, moving its shareholding to 32.02 per cent and making it the single largest shareholder in that bank.

Nadaleen SinghTuesday, June 11, 2013

Political will is needed for all the countries in Cariforum and the European Community to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), British High Commissioner

Raphael John-LallTuesday, June 11, 2013Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Trade Minister Vasant Bharath have a light moment with Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc co-founder Ben Cohen, centre, at the opening session of the Caribbean Investment Forum 2013 at the Hilton Trinidad in Port-of-Spain yesterday. PHOTO: BRIAN NG FATT

Government intends to build seven industrial parks with part of the $3 billion China has made available to Caricom, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced y

SHASTRI BOODANMonday, June 10, 2013Caroni (1975) Limited CEO Deosaran Jagroo shows the land at Orange Valley, Couva, where food production will resume this week. Photo: Shastri Boodan

Caroni (1975) Limited CEO Deosaran Jagroo says he is excited about a new initiative which will see the former sugar producer getting back into food p

Monday, June 10, 2013Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training, Fazal Karim, centre, is flanked by Nedco CEO Ramlochan Ragoonanan; permanent secretary, Ministry of Labour, Carl Francis, left, and campus principal and pro vice chancellor, Professor Clement Sankat, right, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Nedco sub-office at the Student Activity Centre at UWI, St Augustine.

A National Entrepreneurial Development Company Limited (Nedco) sub-office has been commissioned at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus at the Student Activities Centre. This

Sean NeroMonday, June 10, 2013

Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim has ordered an audit into the operations of the billion-dollar Government Assisted Tuition Expenses (Gate) Pr

Monday, June 10, 2013

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is expected to formally open the Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) 2013, the region’s biggest business-to-business event at the Hyatt Regency hotel on Wedn

Monday, June 10, 2013

NEW YORK—The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) recognised travel journalists covering the region at the CTO Media Awards Luncheon at Caribbean Week in New York.

Sunday, June 9, 2013CSR Review editor-in-chief and publisher Donna Ramsammy presents United Nations co-ordinator Richard Blewitt with a copy of the book at the launch at the Carlton Savannah, St Ann’s. PHOTO: ANDREA DE SILVA

United Nations resident co-ordinator in T&T Richard Blewitt says local businesses in T&T need to do more in the area of corporate social responsibly (CSR). 

Suzanne SheppardSunday, June 9, 2013Science and Technology Minister Dr Rupert Griffith, second from right, is assisted by Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim, centre, to cut the ribbon to formally open Microsoft's new head office on Mucurapo Road, St James. With them, from left, are Kern Dass, president of NESC, Hernán Rincón, president of Microsoft Latin America, and Frances Correia, country manager of Microsoft T&T. PHOTO: ANDRE ALEXANDER

In the last calendar year, Hernán Rincón, president of Microsoft Latin America, estimates that he has spent 148 nights in hotels and 30 nights on air

Sunday, June 9, 2013Prince Alwaleed bin Talal

A Saudi prince has launched a defamation lawsuit against Forbes magazine in a UK court for placing him too low on its annual list of the world’s billionaires, the Guardian newspaper has reported.