'EPA harmful' - Academics lobby for renegotiation of trade deal
A group of academics, while stopping short of labelling the trade pact an outright failure, are proposing that Cariforum renegotiate the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), saying it gives up too much to the Europeans in exchange for too little. ...
RBTT jobs safe - No contraction from merger, says RBC
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), three weeks ahead of a crucial vote by RBTT share-holders in Port-of-Spain, has given an assurance that no jobs will be cut when the deal with RBTT Financial Group is consummated mid-year. Canada's largest bank is buying the retail banking operations...
US$55m break-up fee binds RBTT for a year
RBTT Financial is subject to a TT$343 million (US$55 million) break-up fee if shareholders give the thumbs down to the Royal Bank of Canada acquisition, but the penalty is only triggered if the Trinidad company were to give in to another suitor within a year.
AIC sells another 13 million NCB shares - Lee Chin sidesteps question on whether he would give up bank
Michael Lee Chin's company AIC, in the past two weeks, has liquidated another 13.6 million units of National Commercial Bank stock, in what market sources speculate is a likely hunt for cash to finance an acquisition. AIC Barbados Limited, since last...
New senior team at Jamaica Producers
Jamaica Producers Group (JPG), saying it was repositioning for growth, has announced a new top management team to work alongside CEO Jeffrey Hall. The company has signalled that its new team has to be "aggressive" in going after market share. ...
Jeffrey Hall off JSE Disciplinary Committee - Bruce-Miller claims conflict of interest
Jeffrey Hall's appointment to the board of Scotia Group Jamaica has upset the complainant in the front-running case against its subsidiary, delaying the hearings for an eighth month. Hall on Monday recused himself from the Disciplinary Committee panel hearing the case...
Salada contemplates stock split - Says share price too expensive
Salada Foods Jamaica Limited is considering a stock split, the board has revealed, on worries that the near doubling of its market price in the past few months could take the stock out of the reach of mainstream investors. Salada, with less than 10.4 million shares in issue...
The art of self-marketing - Selling yourself by letter
Although the telephone may be your most immediate and direct approach to a potential employer, there are times when a letter is more practical or even necessary. Last week, we looked at how to answer a classified advertisement. There is so much more I have to tell you...
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