Business

Twenty-two-year-old Haopei Yang migrated to Guyana at the age six to join his father, the proprietor of a Sheriff Street restaurant.

– beef, pork, mutton, fish output up slightly The latest Commodity Market Update released by the Ministry of Agriculture points to a significant decline in poultry and table eggs production between January and September, compared with the corresponding period last year while beef, mutton and pork recorded increased production over the same periods mentioned.

(BBC) Credit unions, a growing financial powerhouse in the Caribbean, are preparing themselves for tighter oversight.

Want 40% now (Trinidad Express) Members of the CLICO Policyholders Group want Government to pay them an immediate 40 per cent on their deposits, with a promise to pay the balance quarterly over a five- to seven-year period at four to four and a half per cent interest.

– a ‘boost’ for the manufacturing sector President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry Komal Ramnauth has said that the recent agreement between Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) and Sandals Resort International under which El Dorado will be the exclusive pouring rum at all Sandals Resorts is an outstanding achievement for the local private sector and for Guyana as a whole.

– competitive advantage must be earned, not paid for Higher standards of ethical behaviour underpinned by respect for national laws and regulations governing trading practices, improved levels of customer service, a commitment to fair business transactions and the “professional and diligent management” of business enterprises are among the key features of the Code of Conduct promulgated by the George-town Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday evening.

A few weeks ago we published an editorial that sought to draw attention to the fact that criminals appeared to be focusing more pointed attention on the mining areas in the interior of Guyana.

Time Horizon An observation was made about the use of the word “yield” in the narrative of the Lucas Stock Index (LSI) and of the importance of not confusing the concept of the yield with the concept of rate of return on investment. 

In the wake of the publication of the April 2010 Economist Intelligence Unit Country Report on Guyana, the Stabroek Business published a story based on the contents of the report in its Friday June 25 issue.

Harold A Beharry is a quiet, seemingly laid back businessman who does not even dress the part.

– aggressive debt collection, accountability key to recovery, Burrowes says Work is almost completed on two critical procedural manuals which are expected to provide policy guidelines for financial and administrative controls at City Hall.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 374’s trading results showed consideration of $3,645,558 from 86,908 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 373 which showed consideration of $605,763 from 53,377 shares traded in 8 transactions. 

A conversation with the Clerk of Markets Schulder Griffith has no illusions about the importance of his job as Clerk of Markets.

For the second time in just over four months, one of the world’s major multilateral institutions concerned with monitoring and supporting the global financial and economic recovery has provided a positive assessment of the likely rate of recovery by Caribbean territories.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) will next Tuesday launch its long-awaited revised code of conduct, almost two years since the organization undertook a review of the document.

Minister Robert Persaud’s recent remarks about the nexus between agricultural production and securing markets, particularly overseas markets for the food we produce, has, for more reasons than one, struck a responsive chord with this newspaper.

A small group of Bourda market vendors with whom Stabroek Business met at their request have said that the Georgetown City Council is not playing fair as far as providing stallholders with the services which they should under the tenancy agreement.

Normalcy Two decades after the passage of the Dealers in Foreign Currency (Licensing) Act, it is reasonable to inquire of the state of foreign currency trading in Guyana, given the dysfunctional condition of the market before the Act was passed.