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Business Press Releases

 
Dr. Basil Springer

Peace And Harmony

In a recent BBEC press release entitled "Invest in the Caribbean", Jeremy Stephen, a 25 year-old BBEC financial advisor, gave investment advice.

An experienced Caribbean consultant from Manchester Trade, Ltd., D.C. responded to the press release as follows: (1) In one of the most cost-expensive and uncompetitive market in the Americas?; (2) Go ahead and be my guest following the advice of a 25 year old financial advisor!

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Quantitative Easing in the UK: What next?

As the Bank has repeatedly and correctly stressed, it is far too early to conclusively assess the success of the £200bn spent, mostly, on the purchase of government debt. In any case, the impacts so far have been mixed. Although money supply and credit growth remain patchy, corporate spreads have fallen sharply since last March when QE was introduced.

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Annalee Davis

Barbadian Entrepreneur & Artist To Lead Art Exhibit At Academic Conference

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (February 8, 2010) - The creatively provocative Barbadian artist Annalee Davis, who has exhibited her work throughout the Caribbean and abroad for more than 20 years, will curate the first ever art exhibition for the venerable Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference which takes place in Barbados from May 24 to 28, 2010.

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Definitive Barbados Property Guide Now Available

Terra Caribbean introduces The Red Book 2010 - the definitive property guide in Barbados. The Red Book is an annual publication by Terra Caribbean, presenting a comprehensive review of real estate available in Barbados. This year is the third year of publication. The book has continually grown more robust since it was first published in 2008 and the 2010 edition is in fact the largest.

 

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Prof. Avinash Persaud

Executive Summary Of The Economics Of The Government Guarantee For The Four Seasons

Professor Avinash Persaud, a blog editor of BusinessBarbados.com, has been putting his creative mind and considerable effort in the last several weeks into trying to find a credible solution to have the 'Four Seasons Project' resurrected on a basis that is acceptable to all stakeholders and that can bring long term strategic advantages to Barbados.

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Current Discussions

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Avinash Persaud

Global Economic Outlook And The Barbados Perspective As We Approach 2010  - Dec 20, 2009

Peter Boos

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Welcome Address Delivered By Glenda Medford, President Barbados Chamber Of Commerce And Industry  - Jan 28, 2010

Natasha Vlahakis

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International Financial Services

Barbados Signs Taxation Agreement With Luxembourg  - Dec 08, 2009

Natasha Vlahakis

Recent Developments in the International Business Sector  - Nov 17, 2009

Ben Arrindell

Real Estate

Falling dollar, rising gold  - Nov 25, 2009

Avinash Persaud

The Role Of Entrepreneurship in transforming the economy  - Nov 22, 2009

Peter Boos

Entrepreneurs Forum

Critical Non-Essentials  - Jan 20, 2010

Alex Pratt OBE

The Role Of Entrepreneurship in transforming the economy  - Nov 22, 2009

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Green Business

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Solid Waste & Recycling in Barbados  - Nov 16, 2009

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Think Barbados

Reforming the public sector  - Jan 13, 2010

Peter Laurie

Vision for the Strategic Transformation and Creation of National Wealth in Barbados  - Dec 13, 2009

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