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IMF
team conducting tax incentive review
May 02, 2008 -
A team of consultants paid for by the International Monetary Fund
is in Jamaica to do a review of the tax incentive system that the finance
ministry is undertaking as part of reforms being overseen by Senator Don
Wehby.
Gov't
to provide 6,000 acres, companies to find capital
May 02, 2008 -
Jamaica, with the backing of private sector interests, will put
6,000 acres into rice production, a plan that calls for investments of
about $300 million, possibly more.
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Bullock
replaced at finance ministry - Darlene Morrison acting as top financial
civil servant
Israel
sets 5-year target to narrow market gap
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Amended
income tax law puts more cash in pensioners' pockets |
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Tax Act are intended to harmonise its provisions with the Pensions
(Superannuation Funds and Retirement Schemes) Act, 2004 and to generally
promote greater participation by individuals, including self-employed
persons, in pension funds and retirement schemes. |
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Shareholder
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I am grateful to Brian Wynter, formerly the executive director
of the Financial Services Commission, now of the Capital Regional
Technical Assistance Centre in Barbados, for his comments via email
on my last column "Money laundering and listed companies". |
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Grenada
gov't files petition to reorganise bank
May 02, 2008 -
The Grenada govern-ment has petitioned the courts for permission
to implement a turnaround plan for one of its local banks, having taken
control of the cash-strapped financial institution earlier this year.
Carib tourism
facing up to US$300m loss - As coral reefs die
May 02, 2008 -
Coral reef degradation could result in annual losses of US$100
million to $300 million to the Caribbean tourism industry by 2015, marine
scientists are predicting.
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TRY: A New Mindset for New Investors Part 1 |
| In this essay, we take a brief look
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Multibillion Q1 profit for big
oil companies - Exxon, Shell revenues each top US$100b
May 02,
2008 -
Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company,
said Thursday record crude prices helped its first-quarter profit climb
17 per cent to US$10.9 billion - the second biggest US quarterly corporate
profit ever.
Oil
hits new high, dollar falls to record low
April
18 , 2008 -
Oil prices hit all-time highs above US$115 a barrel Thursday as
the dollar continued to weaken and on reports that oil and gasolene stocks
in the United States were lower than expected.
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