News Barbados » Commerce: Retailers cry: Things rough
As a result, the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is reporting a major decrease in retail sales in the first three and a half months of 2018. And president of the BCCI, Eddy Abed, fears it could get worse heading into the rest of the year.
News Barbados » Commerce: CIBC scraps plan to list FirstCaribbean in New York
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO) said on Friday it had scrapped ... FirstCaribbean’s biggest market is Barbados, where it is based. It also has operations in the Bahamas and Cayman Islands. The bank is currently listed ...
News Barbados » Commerce: Expert Says Blockchain Technology Could Help Barbados Out of Foreign Reserves Slump
During the one-day event officials and policymakers explored a range of possibilities for blockchain technology use in Barbados, its advantages and best practices. Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development ...
News Barbados » Commerce: BARBADOS: EDITORIAL: On recouping south coast business losses
In an address last month to a meeting of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he stated rightly that the issue of compensation also included the question of liability. According to one report, he stated, "Where the BWA is found to be liable ...
News Barbados » Commerce: FirstCaribbean International Bank Files Proposed Terms For U.S. IPO
Royal Bank of Canada in Barbados, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands ... The proceeds will go to parent company CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - 91.7% shareholder interest) and FCI will receive no new money from public investors.
News Barbados » Commerce: A.M. Best Affirms Credit Ratings of CIBC Reinsurance Company Limited
(Barbados). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. CIBC Re is a life reinsurance subsidiary that is ultimately owned by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). CIBC Re assumes credit insurance business that has been underwritten by ...
News Barbados » Commerce: FirstCaribbean has a change of heart about NYSE listing
No details were given. However, the latest development comes on the heels of a recent announcement by its parent company – the Canadian Imperial bank of Commerce (CIBC) – that it was pulling out of Barbados and the rest of the region. CIBC ...
News Barbados » Commerce: Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce remembers Hon. Colin S. Mayers
MIAMI – It is with a sense of profound sadness that the Board of Directors and Members of the Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) have learnt of the sudden and untimely passing of the Consul General of Barbados in the State of Florida ...