A new United States Federal Reserve report showed that banks raised their lending standards for business and consumer loans in the aftermath of three large bank failures and expect to lift them more…
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MPC Caribbean proposing reorganisation
Shareholders of the listed company MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Limited (MPCCEL) will vote at the upcoming May 30 annual general meeting (AGM) on a reorganisation which would see the assets of MPC Caribbean…
MPC Caribbean proposing reorganisation
Shareholders of the listed company MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Limited (MPCCEL) will vote at the upcoming May 30 annual general meeting (AGM) on a reorganisation which would see the assets of MPC Caribbean…
Economic growth is underpinned by stability
ON October 10, 2021, whilst occupying the office of president of Generation 2000 (G2K), this newspaper was kind enough to publish my submission titled ‘History will absolve BOJ’s rate hike’. That article was…
Economic growth is underpinned by stability
ON October 10, 2021, whilst occupying the office of president of Generation 2000 (G2K), this newspaper was kind enough to publish my submission titled ‘History will absolve BOJ’s rate hike’. That article was…
The rise of floating solar farms
When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working-class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term ‘floating solar’, he didn’t even know it was a thing. What he did know was that…
Your personal brand as an extension of your employer’s brand
“If the reputation of a company’s products and services is its face, the talent brand is its heart and soul” – Hank Stringer and Rust y Rueff I recently had the opportunity to…
Ricardo Hausmann | ChatGPT’s lessons for economic development
Spoiler alert: I am not going to talk about how ChatGPT responds when prompted about economic-development strategies. It basically regurgitates reasonable, but mediocre ideas that it has seen in its training set. But…
Cedric Stephens | FSC rolls out insurance market conduct rules, Version 2.0
In February 2019, the Financial Services Commission, FSC, released its 13-page ‘Revised Guidelines on Market Conduct for Insurance Companies and Intermediaries’. Even though the insurance industry – and people like me – participated…
Francis Wade | Duration of ideal strategic planning retreat
“Francis,” clients sometimes ask, “Why do you recommend a two-day strategy retreat?” Usually, they want to get the most from their workshop, but also don’t wish to waste a moment. After all, top…