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WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The World Bank says remittances to the developing world, including the Caribbean, are expected to grow by 6.3 percent this year to US$414 billion. In its revised estimates and forecasts, issued here on Wednesday, the World ...

Experts Share 3 Crucial Planning Steps More and more small business owners are selling their companies, with sales hitting a four-year high earlier this year in the United States, and Canada predicting its largest small business turnover ever in the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Republic Bank says it now controls 40 percent of the HFC Bank Ghana, after acquiring an additional 7.98 percent shareholding in financial institution. In a statement, the Trinidad-based bank said that it purchased 23,638,340 ...

By Linda Straker Grenada Correspondent  ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada CMC – WRB Enterprises, the US-based owners of the Grenada Electricity Company (GRENLEC), says it intends to sell a majority share on the lone power company and is giving the Keith Mitchell ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Azurest Cambridge, a United States consortium, has been selected as the preferred bidder for the new power generating plant to fulfill the mandate of bringing cheaper electricity to the country . The announcement, made by the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Milton Samuda, the embattled chairman of the Board of Television Jamaica, has resigned, a few weeks after he was accused of engaging in censorship by restricting questions to be asked of two Olympians. Earlier this month, ...

PICKERING, Ontario – For tax sales that occur outside the GTA, visible minorities make up a small fraction of bidders. And even though many people of varying ethnicities view real estate as a good investment, prospective investors are still oblivious ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – The Eastern Caribbean Monetary Council is considering a proposed amalgamation of the banks in the sub-region in order to create more efficiency and stability within the financial system. There are more than three dozen banks ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – On Monday, the Trinidad and Tobago government announced that it would terminate its subsidy to state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL), ending an issue that had been heavily criticized by other regional governments. Finance Minister, Larry ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Embattled chairman of the of the board of Television Jamaica Ltd. (TVJ), Milton Samuda, last Friday, temporary stepped down from his position pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that he had engaged in censorship ...