Business

*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.
*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 444’s trading results showed consideration of $984,378 from 59,692 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 443 which showed consideration of $1,614,180 from 132,600 shares traded in 8 transactions. 

Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud

Mistrust persists between miners, government, says claim holder

A local gold miner and member of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has told Stabroek Business that last Monday’s meeting between Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud and stakeholders in the natural resources sub-sectors is unlikely to quell suspicion among miners that government is bent on taking control of a sector that has traditionally been in private hands, “What the setting up of a Natural Resources Ministry has done, in a sense, is to create even deeper suspicion among miners that official rules, regulations and controls are going to be put in place and that these are not going to work to the advantage of miners,” the miner

Eon Caesar

Spike in armed robberies triggers new interest in electronic security

Continually rising crime and various other security concerns have seen a significant increase in the level of interest in electronic and IT–based security solutions by sections of the business community, though some business houses compromise their enterprises by relying on cheaper, less efficient options, Stabroek Business has learnt.

New, modern facilities commissioned in the rice mill one year ago.

Nand Persaud group makes its mark on export market

Fresh from being awarded the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association’s (GMSA) Exporter of the Year, local rice-millers Nand Persaud Investments is upbeat about the future of the international rice market and more particularly about what lies ahead for them.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 443’s trading results showed consideration of $1,614,180 from 132,600 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 442 which showed consideration of $154,401 from 20,000 shares

The Ocean Saratoga

Where will oil take us?

The announcement earlier this month by the Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company, CGX Energy Inc that a semi-submersible drilling rig is due to arrive in Guyana by month end to commence offshore drilling for oil appears to have gone largely unnoticed by Guyanese as a whole; never mind the fact that the announcement clearly seeks to provide the country with a definitive signal that we might now have inched much closer to becoming an oil-producing country.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX LSI  The LSI rose 0.21 percent to 153.99 in trading in the second week of January 2012.  Positive movement was caused by the stocks of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) which gained 2.8 percent while the stock price of Caribbean Container Incorporated (CCI) declined by 6.25 percent. The stocks of Banks DIH (DIH) remained unchanged from the previous week.  As a result, the LSI recorded a second week of gain to keep the index moving in an upward direction.

Starting afresh

Focusing Belated New Year’s greetings to all Guyanese and in particular to the readers of the Stabroek News and its Business Section!

*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 442’s trading results showed consideration of $154,401 from 20,000 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 441 which showed consideration of $175,751 from 11,659 shares traded in 6 transactions. 

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