Business mood sours - Consumers also turn pessimistic as confidence tumbles
Consumer confidence slipped sharply during this year's second quarter, while the optimism businesses felt at the prospect of a change of government ahead of last September's general election continued to erode, the latest conference board surveys show...
GEASO scheme a 20% market - Top three health providers to go second round on bids
Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited says it has 55 per cent lock on the health insurance market, but is looking to snag a much larger share of the business by making a second go at landing the contract for administration of the government employee health...
JB weighs expansion of ethanol plant
JB Ethanol Limited wants to double capacity at its Port Esquivel plant after turning over an impressive $6 billion of revenues in 10 months, but is wary of taking the plunge because of uncertainty over the short-term performance of ethanol prices in its sole market...
CMMB to arrange cross-listing of Supreme Ventures
Lottery company Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has hired CMMB Securities Limited (CMMB), a division of Caribbean Money Market Brokers, to arrange the cross-listing of its shares on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange. CMMB, a subsidiary of Jamaica Money Market Brokers...
Equity fund, Moss-Solomon find mega-farm plan intriguing
Trinidad's plan for the development of mega-farms, to boost food domestic production, has been endorsed as a model with potential to attract new capital to agriculture, with one financier describing the project as 'intriguing'...
The spoken word
How many times have you found yourself at a loss for words in an interview? Or you were tongue-tied during that important meeting? A conversation, that critical interlock in the chain of communication, which will either strengthen or lead to a breakdown of the chain...
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