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Supreme optimism
Despite having to write off plans to expand into Trinidad and facing higher liabilities for its main revenue earner, Cash Pot, Supreme Ventures executives are projecting an 85 per cent increase in net profit for 2008.
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A respite from high gas prices
Jamaican consumers can expect a slight ease in gasoline prices over the next few months as concerns over a US recession will likely push the price of its main input - oil - downwards in the near future, believes Dr Raymond Wright, consultant and...
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Cricket World Cup will boost Caribbean economies - Antigua PM
Caribbean nations will reap lasting economic benefits from staging the Cricket World Cup, according to Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua, a 108-square mile island of 70,000 people, is one of nine Caribbean...
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Construction set to lead economic activity in Barbados
THE construction sector should again lead economic activity in Barbados in the coming months, though Central Bank economists say a stronger showing should come from some of the foreign-exchange earning sectors.
As preparations for Cricket World Cup...
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Canadian dollar stays at 8-month low; stocks rise
TORONTO -- Stock markets advanced Wednesday morning in the wake of data showing a strong resurgence in U.S. consumer spending in November. The Canadian dollar was at an eight-month low.
U.S. retailers saw sales rise by one per cent last...
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Oil prices fall on rising supply from non-OPEC nations, mild US weather
NEW YORK (AP) - Crude oil prices slid yesterday, as the market gauged OPEC nations' commitment to cutting oil production and the effect of a mild US autumn on fuel supplies.
Also deflating prices, Iraq resumed pumping oil out of a pipeline in the...
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Achieving a balanced budget
By Dennis Chung on Sep 16, 2005
Dennis Chung
Last week the Sunday Herald carried an article entitled "Revenues $5 billion below target". Reference was made to an interview where Dr
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Are bonds right for me?
By Charles Ross on Sep 05, 2005
Despite the fact that the Jamaican government has been active in international bond markets since the 1990's, many Jamaicans are not aware of the very attractive investment opportunities that these US dollar denominated securities can offer to
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