A slew of tourism projects planned for the Caribbean are aimed at discerning clientele who want high-end properties with space for their mega-yachts.
Category: Caribbean
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United We Lend
Local Caribbean banks from the windward side of the basin are banding together to compete in a rapidly changing regional marketplace.
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Round Edges
Even remote and oft-overlooked corners of the Caribbean are bounding along economically, although a changing outlook for tourism could derail the progress.
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Upmarket Ambitions
A slew of tourism projects planned for the Caribbean are aimed at discerning clientele who want high-end properties with space for their mega-yachts.
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Customer Service
Proximity to the US and a bevy of English speakers are helping the Caribbean lure a growing slice of the global call-center business.
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Round Edges
Even remote and oft-overlooked corners of the Caribbean are bounding along economically, although a changing outlook for tourism could derail the progress.
Posted inMagazine
United We Lend
Local Caribbean banks from the windward side of the basin are banding together to compete in a rapidly changing regional marketplace.
Posted inDaily Brief
ECLAC Raises Regional Growth Forecasts To 5%
ECLAC, the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America, has raised its growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean region this year from 4.6% to 5%, in large part due to the economic performances of Brazil and Mexico. Sustained global growth and continuing liquidity underpinned the region’s growth of 4.5% last year and economic expansion this year. Growth forecasts for Brazil and Mexico were both raised half a percentage point, from 3.5% to 4%.
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Mercosur And Cuba To Sign Agreement
Almost a quarter of all products traded between Mercosur countries and Cuba will soon be free of all duty, following an agreement between the trading bloc and the Caribbean country. The accord, due to be signed today, July 20, at the Mercosur meeting in Córdoba, Argentina, doubles the number of goods currently exchanged, tariff free, between the trading partners. This week, Argentina will be handing the Mercosur chair for the next six months to Brazil.