Pulse
reclaims independence - Redeems 8.9m prefs held by backer February 29, 2008 -
Hinting at concern that the Development Bank of Jamaica might have
wanted to convert the holding to ordinary stock - thereby grabbing a greater
stake in the entertainment and property company - Kingsley Cooper's Pulse
Investments has redeemed nearly $30 million worth of preference shares
held by the state bank.
Flow
the face of cable - But small operators still strong, says JACCO February 29, 2008 - The expectation that Flow's entry into the Jamaican cable
market would have transformed the face of the sector, force its
players to consolidate, and drive down prices to consumers has not
happened, said the chief spokesman for small operators.
Carreras
fights on in tax squabble - Hopes to reclaim $1.7b from TAAD February 29, 2008 - Cigarette distributor Carreras Limited has petitioned the
appellate court in the hope of reclaiming $1.73 billion in taxes
and penalties it paid over to the Taxpayer Audit and Assessment
Department (TAAD) following a near five year legal battle that it
lost in the high court.
Of all the aspects of the recently initialled economic partnership
agreement (EPA) with Europe, the one that remains the least defined
is its development dimension.
Mayberry Invest-ments' net interest income, a growth measure on
which financial houses are judged, was off by more than $50 million
at year end December, but the lost income was more than offset from
a near half a billion of trading gains.
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Trinidad
to overhaul its oil tax regime February 29, 2008 - Trinidad and Tobago is considering an overhaul of the tax and incentives
schemes for its energy sector, hoping to fashion a regime that will drive
investment in exploration and production, which analysts say have lagged
in recent years.
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US slows to a crawl February
29, 2008 -
The United States economy skidded to a near halt in the final
quarter of last year, clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit that
caused people and businesses to spend and invest more sparingly.
UK
Treasury chief Darling faces blame for series of financial blunders February
29, 2008 -
Alistair Darling always had a tough act to follow, but the man
who stepped into Prime Minister Gordon Brown's shoes as Britain's Treasury
chief has had an even worse run than most would have anticipated.