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Rich man, poor man

Patrick Hoyos Published September 13, 2011


LIME management now answering the phone at Bahamas telecom

Published April 6, 2011
After buying a 51% stake the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) by LIME’s parent company Cable and Wireless Communications Plc (CWC) in early February, LIME announced today that the tran...
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Jamaica PM to public workers: We might owe you money but we can’t afford to pay

TONY BEST Published October 8, 2010
Call it a warning to Jamaica’s public workers. Just as important, it’s a warning that other Caribbean governments may soon have to pass on to their civil servants as well. It is: strike if you fee...
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Air Jamaica Inches Closer to Having its Wings Clipped

TONY BEST Published May 6, 2010
Jamaicans have an emotional attachment to their national carrier that defies explanation.Take the case of Yvonne Graham, Brooklyn's  Deputy Borough President, who was once a flight attendant with Air...
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Is the United States Economy on the Rebound? It Depends on Who You Ask

Tony Best Published April 24, 2010
“A statistical recovery but a human recession.” Dr. Larry Summers, a former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury who is now President Barack Obama’s top economic adviser was responding to a question a...
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