When Ulric Bascombe retired from the corporate world two years ago, he opened a small bookstore in Chaguanas and sat back to enjoy the carefree days of his retirement. »

An unlikely candidate for a prize in agriculture by the look on her »

Trinidad and Tobago is embarking on a thrust to fund and develop an Information Technology and Communications (ICT) cluster, much like a local, scaled-down version of the United States’s Silicon Valley. »

By Nesha Debysingh, »

The foreign exchange scarcity experienced by local manufacturers over the past three months has resulted in strained relationships with overseas creditors, says Ronnie Mohammed, vice president of Nutrimix Ltd. »

She felt there was no money in mathematics. »

It was the day of the final between Trinidad and Tobago and New South Wales. »

Times are tough for small business owners, those whom politicians describe as the economic backbone of the country. »

The soca parang by local entertainer Sprangalang goes: ’We drinkin’ flit an’ all.’ »

The products remain sweet but the prices are beginning to leave a bitter taste in the mouths of customers. »

I suppose that one could argue that the massification of education has ushered in the knowledge era and it seems that everyone is telling us that smart people are the cornerstone of a successful firm, company or country. »

Suppose I came to you seven years ago and said I wanted to start a multiplex right here in sweet T&T. »

the Chamber welcomes the overture by Prime Minister Patrick Manning to speak with the Judiciary on the proposal for a Ministry of Justice in the latest working draft Constitution tabled in Parliament. »

Talented employees need great managers how long that employee stays and how productive he is while he’s there is determined by his relationship with his immediate supervisor.’ -Buckingham and Coffman, First, Break All the Rules. »

Offshore financial centres in the British Caribbean should consider introducing more taxes to shore up their increasingly shaky finances, according to a UK government-commissioned report published late last week. »

The commissioning of the country’s newest ammonia plant at the Methanol Holdings Trinidad Ltd AUM Complex at Point Lisas took place late last month and brought out some of the best and brightest in the energy business. »

lawrence Duprey’s CL Financial empire may have collapsed, but his legacy will live on in the Trinidad and Tobago landscape for a very long time. »

Every entrepreneur, at some point in his career, faces the dilemma of when to make the transition from an entrepreneurial company to a professionally managed one. »

This country’s 11 ammonia (now 12) and seven methanol plants are back up to full production-or almost there. »

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) is not merely about receiving emergency calls from those adversely affected by floods, touring the areas under water and delivering hampers, mattresses and shelter material to them until normalcy returns to life or our social services take over. »

The little boy holding his father’s finger as they climbed the stairs to an attic in London discovered his calling at the age of four. »

’When I look back at Trinidad and Tobago over the past few months, I see a shortage of issuers,’ he said. »

Take a cursory glance around Port of Spain and the Government’s drive toward Vision 20/20 is evident. »

Energy prices have been gradually improving, or at least stabilising in many respects in recent months. »

Mr Jones, the undertaker in the little village in which I grew up, was a very friendly person (the last man to let you down) who was on excellent terms with everyone and would religiously visit the sick and dying.  »

Those who consider yuletide black cakes a must on the dinner table during the season, would do well to savour every crumb this Christmas. »