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Business

TCL to raise $1.4b from investors

Within a month Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL), the parent company of the Caribbean Cement Company, will look to raise around TT$200 (J$1.36b) million in the Trinidad market largely to help cut debt taken on as a result of last year's acquisition.

Yap wins appeal against court
Dalton Yap, former general manager of technology and operations at the Jamaica Citizens Bank (now Union-Bank), who was fired from the bank in October 1993, has won his appeal...

Trans-Continental beats the financial odds

Travel agencies recently protested against the reduction in the commission paid to them by airlines, arguing that the drop from nine to six per cent would jeopardise their future.

Insurers chart 'brave new world'
The region's insurers met this week in Trinidad for the Insurance Association of the Caribbean (IAC) conference entitled "A Brave New World". The conference was attended by more than 500 delegates, sponsors and speakers from 33 countries.

JAMPRO to showcase locals in Egypt
JAMPRO will be showcasing the products of 14 companies in the area of food and beverage and will be seeking to forge alliances for the development of the country's information technology sector at the Group of 15 (G-15) trade exhibition in Egypt.

Standards bureau shelves plan to bar certain imports
The Bureau of Standards has placed a temporary moratorium on its policy to bar imports that do not comply with Jamaican standards and labelling.

US aids Jamaica's environment

Below is the first in a series of articles looking at how United States development aid to Jamaica is spent.

JMMB, UTech launch Chair in Finance and Ethics
The Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) and the University of Technology (UTech) are launching the Joan Duncan Chair in Finance and Ethics.














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