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Port reforms ‘could save $19m’

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The Barbados Chamber Of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

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Financial services group Sagicor Financial Company Limited, including its...

BiMPay ‘right move’

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Governor Dr The Most Honourable Kevin Greenidge is again...

Fees fuel bank profits

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Commercial banks are consistently making a large share of...

Financial markets ‘rebound from Iran war’

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Global financial markets have rebounded from the disruptions caused...

BARP reports major surplus

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When members of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons...
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Minimum wage ‘breach’

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Thousands of Barbadians have weekly earnings below the national minimum wage. This is based on Continuous Household Labour Force Survey information from the Barbados Statistical...
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Death rates up

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Barbados’ population is officially in decline as the number of people dying each year surpasses those being born. That is one of the main findings...
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IMF reduces growth forecast

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slightly lowered its economic growth forecast for Barbados. Prior to last week’s Spring Meetings in Washington DC, the international...
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Caribbean Export boosts businesses

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BUSINESSES IN Barbados were among the beneficiaries as the Caribbean Export Development Agency, which is based here, facilitated millions of dollars in exports and...
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‘Explore’ Oval’s investment potential

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Barbadians must stop being “meek and mild and peaceful and polite” if they want their country to really reap the financial sweets from investments...
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Eyes on cricket T20 World Cup

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BEFORE BARBADOS HOSTED its first Cricket World Cup final in 2007, Barbadians expected the costs to outweigh the benefits. Research shows they felt differently...
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Central Bank steps up fight against hackers

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THE CENTRAL BANK OF BARBADOS is working with other regulators and its licensees to fortify the financial system against “inevitable” cyber attacks. Tamara Hurley, Deputy...
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World’s prices up after seven months

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Global food prices have increased for the first time in seven months. And while the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN)...
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Non-bank regulation revamp

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BARBADOS-BASED financial institutions that are not banks will be under increased monitoring by the Financial Services Commission (FSC). FSC chairman Oliver Jordan expects this to enable...
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Government may have to bail out cash-strapped SOEs

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Government may have to allocate millions of dollars to continue bailing out some cash-strapped state-owned enterprises (SOEs). A new Fiscal Risk Statement from the Ministry of...
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