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MAJOR TRINIDAD SCANDAL WRAPS UP - BUT WITH USD3.5 BILLION SPENT AND NO ARRESTS
A MAJOR inquiry into a financial collapse that rocked the English Caribbean – of Trinidad & Tobago-based CL Financial Limited and various associated companies, and the Hindu Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited – has reported. A special correspondent looks at the fall-out from Port of Spain.…
MAJOR TRINIDAD SCANDAL WRAPS UP - BUT WITH USD3.5 BILLION SPENT AND NO ARRESTS
A MAJOR inquiry into a financial collapse that rocked the English Caribbean – of Trinidad & Tobago-based CL Financial Limited and various associated companies, and the Hindu Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited – has reported. A special correspondent looks at the fall-out from Port of Spain.…
LATIN AMERICA HIGHER EDUCATION STRUGGLES TO INTERNATIONALISE – HEARS KEY CONFERENCE
AN INTERNATIONAL higher education conference has underlined the major progress made in building links between the universities of neighbouring countries in Latin America. But it also highlighted the significant remaining challenges facing Latin American higher education if it wants to be truly integrated with tertiary institutions worldwide.…
PUERTO RICO FACES PHARMA JOB LOSSES
PFIZER has announced that it will close one of three pharmaceutical plants in the US Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico, while Merck has said it will close two factories on the island. Pfizer’s planned shuttering of its Barceloneta plant by 2017 could affect 500 workers, although the company has not said how many jobs will be lost.…
IN A LARGE COMPLEX BUSINESS, KEEPING ON TOP OF THE DETAILS IS CRITICAL, SAYS TRINIDAD FD
EVERYTHING about Aneal Maharaj smacks of the immaculate. From his finely-tailored business suit to his Toastmaster style enunciation, to the belief that “sweating the small stuff” is an indispensable attribute of any successful business executive, there is an obvious attention to precision which betrays a professional outlook staked on getting the equations right.…
LATIN AMERICA HIGHER EDUCATION STRUGGLES TO INTERNATIONALISE – HEARS KEY CONFERENCE
AN INTERNATIONAL higher education conference has underlined the major progress made in building links between the universities of neighbouring countries in Latin America. But it also highlighted the significant remaining challenges facing Latin American higher education if it wants to be truly integrated with tertiary institutions worldwide.…
ANTIGUA – ONLINE GAMBLING’S SUNNY CARIBBEAN HOME
The Caribbean island state of Antigua & Barbuda has needed to demonstrate its thriving online gaming sector is protected against money laundering, to gather diplomatic support for its campaign against US bans on Americans gambling on its websites.
Faced with evidence that criminals can exploit the sector to transfer dirty cash between players’ accounts, before investing it in assets such as shares or real estate, Antigua in 1994 became one of the first countries to provide licences for online gambling operators.…
A widely-quoted truism that gained currency during the global financial crisis was American financier Warren Buffett’s dictum: “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked”.
And this might perhaps be most true of a financial collapse that rocked the English Caribbean, that of Trinidad & Tobago-based CL Financial Limited and various associated companies, and also of the Hindu Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited.…
BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXPANDS – BUT IS THERE ENOUGH CAPACITY?
THE NEW terminal at the principal international airport in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, Ministro Pistarini International, was inaugurated in March, increasing its total capacity to 13 million passengers – last year (2012) it struggled to accommodate 8.8 million passengers.…
BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXPANDS – BUT IS THERE ENOUGH CAPACITY?
THE NEW terminal at the principal international airport in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, Ministro Pistarini International, was inaugurated in March, increasing its total capacity to 13 million passengers – last year (2012) it struggled to accommodate 8.8 million passengers.…