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Saturday, May 4, 2013

MIAMI—US taxpayers who stashed money in one of the Caribbean’s largest banks without telling the Internal Revenue Service could be in trouble. The US government has obtained a cour

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Why is it taking Eteck so long to get investors for the Tamana Intech Park? 

 

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Rather than trying to develop a regional carrier, Caribbean countries should focus on improving their tourism products and forging strategic alliances with foreign airlines, tour operators and trav

Friday, May 3, 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 165,91

Friday, May 3, 2013

WASHINGTON DC—The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has found that “psychometric” testing is a “good predictor” of creditworthiness and a cost-effective way for financial intermediaries

Nadaleen SinghFriday, May 3, 2013Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran, centre, speaks with Prakash Ramadhar, political leader, Congress of the People, second from right, UWI Principal Clement Sankat, right, Eelco Fiole, managing partner, XRGY Capital and Frontier Advisory, left, and Errol Simms, dean, Faculty of Social Science, UWI, at the Fifth International Conference on Business, Banking and Finance at UWI, St Augustine. PHOTO: MARCUS GONZALES

There is need to tap into the wealth of the Caribbean’s highly-educated diaspora, so each territory can cope with challenges such as low growth, high debt, mitigation of natural disaster risk and m

Friday, May 3, 2013

The Sagicor Group recorded a  net income of US$74.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, according to financial statements published yesterday. Chairman Stephen McNamara said this was “a m

Friday, May 3, 2013Digicel CEO John Delves, right, and Destra Garcia look at the features of a Nokia phone with Brian Morris, left, and Hayden Blackman during Digicel’s Device Expo, The Smart Collection, at Digicel IMax on Wednesday. PHOTO: ANDRE ALEXANDER

Nokia and Microsoft yesterday announced the new portfolio of Nokia Lumia phones: Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 820 and the Nokia Lumia 620, the first Nokia devices with Windows Phone 8 available in

Friday, May 3, 2013

Former Apple executive and current president and CEO of the All Access Group Kelli Richards will visit T&T from May 6-8 to share her knowledge on digital media and how musicians, authors and fi

Wednesday, May 1, 2013Food blogger Quincy Ross, right, looks on as Courts marketing manager Paula Daniel-Linton shows him the new Samsung Digital Invertor refrigerator he won in a raffle at the launch of the new energy saving line of appliances.

Samsung Electronics recently unveiled its new line of refrigerators with Digital Inverter Compressor, which seeks to reduce cost for consumers with its energy saving and efficiency features. Accord

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Regional financial giant Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL) recorded a 35 per cent increase in profits from $261 million to $353 million last year.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

NEW YORK—News Corp says June 11 will be the date of a special shareholders meeting to approve a plan to split into two companies. The split is expected to be completed by this summ

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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

 

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

LONDON—Expectations are mounting that European Central Bank will cut interest rates this week after figures yesterday showed inflation in the euro area at a three-year low and unem

Sean NeroWednesday, May 1, 2013The new Blackberry Z10 handset.

The battle for control of the local smart phone market heated up with the recent launch of the Blackberry Z10 at the Hyatt Regency in Port-of-Spain. 

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

PITTSBURGH—The US Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implicat

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

LONDON—Italian financial assets were the big winners Monday at the start of an action-packed week in global markets, as investors cheered the news that a new government has been formed after two mo

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

WASHINGTON DC—The World Bank says Grenada has advanced towards fiscal governance and investment promotion and that it is also seeking to modernise several areas of its operations as part of a proje

Tuesday, April 30, 2013Samsung’s senior sales manager Eonwoo Lee speaks with bmobile’s Ronald Walcott and Nicole Kerry Lumkim about the new S4 smartphones.

Scores of enthusiastic customers flocked to the West Mall branch of bmobile on Saturday for the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4 which resulted in a sold out launch in less than three hours

Sean NeroTuesday, April 30, 2013

The T&T Mortgage Finance Company Limited (TTMF) has embarked on a new campaign where potential homeowners who qualify for a mortgage will pay a fixed for life interest rate of six per cent, Ing