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Small
exposure to the Lehman collapse - JMMB
September 19, 2008 -
Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), the island's third largest
securities trader, estimates that about three per cent of the company's
own-account investment portfolio is exposed to last weekend's collapse
of the US investment bank, Lehman Brothers.
VMBS
takes 20 per cent of Prime Asset Management
September 19, 2008 -
Victoria Mutual Build-ing Society (VMBS), which has been busy attempting
to transform itself from a mortgage bank to a broad-based financial services
company, yesterday acquired 20 per cent of Prime Asset Management, the
pension funds managers controlled by the privately held ICD Group.
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Call
for better alternative energy incentives
Ethanol
exports, higher poultry prices push Ja Broilers Q1 profits
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Moral
hazard and the Lehman collapse |
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Hindsight is always 20/20; some say even better - telescopic! It
can't be overstressed really that in matters of financial sector
regulation, there's no room for ideological or technically unwarranted
regulatory practice. |
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Market
impact of paying AA to fly - What it means for Air Jamaica as a
going concern |
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Although the Government has been less than forthcoming about the
recent controversial pay-to-stay arrangement with American Airlines
(AA), the circumstances leading to the deal portend the challenges
that face the Bruce Golding adminis-tration as it contemplates the
future of Air Jamaica. |
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Credit
unions - a case for credit ratings
September 19, 2008 -
Credit unions throughout the Caribbean have experienced strong
growth over the last few years. Indeed, in Trinidad their asset base now
exceeds TT$6 billion, approximately 14 per cent that of aggregate commercial
bank deposits in the country.
Trinidad
examines impact of America's turmoil - Early signs of minimal fallout
September 19, 2008 -
Trinidad and Tobago has launched a full review of the likely effect
of America's banking turmoil on the country's economy, but according to
finance minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira initial assessment is that the impact
in the short term will be minimal.
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TRY: A New Mindset for New Investors Part 1 |
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at the basic principle, strategies and nuances that drive the stock market in
general and individual portfolios in particular. |
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US stocks surge on report of entity
to absorb bad debt
September
19, 2008 -
Wall Street rallied in a stunning late-session turnaround Thursday,
shooting higher and hurtling the Dow Jones industrials up 410 points following
a report that the federal government may create an entity that will take
over banks' bad debt.
Officials:
NY state could lose $3b in taxes, 40,000 jobs
September
19, 2008 -
A new projection shows Wall Street's meltdown will likely cost
New York state up to 40,000 private sector jobs and US$3 billion in tax
revenues over the next two years, two state officials said Thursday.
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