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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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Workers, OAS agree to six per cent

AFTER months of protest for better terms and conditions, workers and Brazilian firm Construtora OAS have agreed to a six per cent wage increase. Read more »

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Bourse Brazil Latin Fund gets listed
On Tuesday of last week, Bourse Securities Limited listed the newest addition to its family of mutual funds on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE)—the Bourse Brazil Latin Fund (BBLF). Read More »
Contractors complain of VAT woes
The Government might be the driving force that spurs activity in the construction sector, but it seems it is also the primary entity constricting it. Read More »
YTEPP looks at new areas of training
The Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP) is re-examining the relevance of its curriculum as it celebrates 25 years in existence, YTEPP chairman Chandar Gupta Supersad said yesterday. Read More »
Chamber head: Nothing to shout about
A “VERY, very small” or “fairly minuscule” turnaround of the local economy has been observed so far and it is nothing to shout about. Read More »
Energy Ministry, BHP Billiton sign oil, gas exploration deal
THE Energy Ministry and Australian energy giant BHP Billiton yesterday signed production sharing contracts (PSC) for oil and gas exploration in five deepwater blocks off Trinidad’s east/northeast coast. Read More »
Ramkhelawan is new TTSE chairman
Independent senator and managing director of Bourse Securities Subhas Ramkhelawan is the new chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE). Read More »
Govt taps $833m from Chinese
Trinidad and Tobago is already beginning to put some $833 million of the US$3 billion in concessional loans from China to use. Read More »
JMMB grows net interest income
Today we at Bourse will be doing a review of the financial year 2013 performance and outlook for Jamaican Money Market Brokers Limited and the first quarter 2013 performance and outlook for Guardian Holdings Limited. Read More »
Chag gets a zipline ride
IMAGINE flying through the trees like a bush-residing Spider-Man along part of Trinidad’s coast. Read More »
Suriname company buys Gulf Insurance
Local insurance company Gulf Insurance Co Ltd is now officially part of Suriname’s largest insurance group Assuria. Read More »
New acting CEO at NFM
National Flour Mills has appointed Mokesh Ramlal as acting chief executive following the resignation of his predecessor, Darren Gosine, in April. Read More »
Howai: No grounds to put T&T on any blacklist
There are no grounds for Trinidad and Tobago to be on a blacklist of countries that do not help investigate foreign aid fraud, Finance Minister Larry Howai has said. Read More »
Paying more for less food
While the dollar value of the country’s food import bill has risen steadily since 2008, the actual amount of food imported in terms of weight and quantity has consistently decreased since 2010. Read More »

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