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By Clinton Urling   Last week, Mr Keith Burrowes was appointed the non-executive Chief Executive Officer of the struggling national investment agency Go-Invest.

(Jamaica Observer) – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to lend US$120 million ($13.2 billion) to small businesses by 2018 under the latest country partnership strategy (CPS) with the World Bank.

Chastened it seems by sustained criticism of what is widely felt to be the underperformance of the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest), the Government of Guyana late last month named Presidential Advisor Keith Burrowes Chief Executive Officer.

(Reuters) – The troubles at BlackBerry Ltd, which fired more than half its staff and lost more than 90 per cent of its market value as consumers shunned its smart phones, might have spelled disaster for the company’s hometown of Waterloo, Ontario.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 561’s trading results showed consideration of $7,912,971 from 401,233 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to 560’s trading results which showed consideration of $1,464,870 from 53,967 shares traded in 18 transactions.

More than two decades after its establishment, the Urban Dairy Cattle Farmers Association has not been able to accomplish the primary task for which it was created: to bring a sense of order to urban cattle farming.

Counterproductive energy and water management practices in the Caribbean are not only relentlessly driving up the cost of fuel in individual regional economies but also institutionalising environmentally harmful practices in the region, according to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and the single largest development institution focused exclusively on the private sector.

Across the world, airlines outsource more than 50% of their ground handling operations and the trend is growing.

For sheer evidence of agricultural bounty and food security in Guyana nothing beats the sight of our municipal markets on busy days with our housewives trading stories on street corners about how “good” the market is and when, to our considerable discredit, what cannot be traded or consumed is dumped on parapets or in canals close to the markets.

(Trinidad Express) Republic Bank intends to formally make mandatory offer to the shareholders of HFC Bank in Ghana, Ghana News has reported.

Fourteen months ago, S&R Parking Lot at 162 Parika, East Bank Essequibo became part of the growing range of services created to cater for what is one of the fastest growth industries in Guyana, the acquisition of motor vehicles.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 560’s trading results showed consideration of $1,464,870 from 53,967 shares traded in 18 transactions as compared to 559’s trading results which showed consideration of $2,085,088 from 58,999 shares traded in 17 transactions.

These days, as an increasing number of entrepreneurs seek to market health and wellness as a viable commodity, the demand for fresh fruit and the juices derived therefrom continues to grow at an impressive pace.

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) this week took an uncharacteristic swipe at the Government of Guyana for what it says is the “minimal recognition in this year’s budget” of “recommendations urged by the aviation industry” for the sector.

Coming as it has on the heels of a major national agro-processing forum, the current glut of fresh fruit and vegetables on the local market provides a sobering reminder of just how far behind we are in our quest to create a viable industry out of adding value to agricultural produce.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 559’s trading results showed consideration of $2,085,088 from 58,999 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to 558’s trading results which showed consideration of $47,368,020 from 595,796 shares traded in 14 transactions.

By Joycelyn Williams Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is the regional trade and investment promotion agency, established in 1996 by an intergovernmental agreement as the trade promotion agency of 15 member states of Cariforum.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Africa’s demand for bandwidth is doubling every year, outpacing the laying of terrestrial telecom fibre links and encouraging commercial satellite operators to launch more units into orbit.

A multi-stakeholder committee comprising representatives of various state and non-state entities is to be convened shortly to examine appropriate technology to replace mercury in the gold-mining sector, Stabroek Business has learned.