Business

The Dominica government on Monday outlined a new package of assistance, amounting over time to about EC$4 million, to help revitalise the banana industry as well as the agricultural sector.To start, the Agricultural Industrial...

Caribbean Petroleum Corp (Capeeco) has filed for bankruptcy protection nearly a year after the tanks at its fuel depot exploded, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.The company has at least US$500 million in debt and seeks to sell all its...

Security gains and capitalist-friendly investment rules are spurring an unprecedented mining and oil boom in Colombia, a pro-business outpost on an increasingly leftist continent.Investors are deeming...

Veteran broadcaster and lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Fae Ellington, has been appointed interim manager of the Universal Media Company which operates News Talk 93 FM.

First Regional Co-operative Credit Union (FRCCU) is bucking the trend of home-loan providers, holding mortgage rates firm despite interest rates on bank loans heading south.First Regional, with 10 locations spread over two parishes - St Mary and St Ann...

Christopher Reid of Jamaica Air Shuttle has raised an objection with the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority on plans by a rival Turks and Caicos carrier to service certain Caribbean routes that it also plans to fly....

Trinidad Cement Limited has overshot by more than US$10 million agreed limits on its short term borrowings, but has secured the forgiveness of its creditors in anticipation of the cement maker getting back on track with its...

Canadian fertiliser producer Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc said on Tuesday it has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from BHP Billiton Limited, worth about US$38.49 billion, as "grossly inadequate."...

Japan lost its place as the world's No.2 economy to China in the second quarter as receding global growth sapped momentum and stunted a shaky recovery.

Jamalco, owned jointly by Alcoa and the Government of Jamaica, is the recipient of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) President's Medallion for its outstanding service and commitment to nation building and for being a responsible corporate...

Having cemented its position as the leader in the local mobile market, Digicel has now set its sights on revolutionising the personal Internet market with its residential '4G' WiMax broadband service, whose...

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