Grenada has offered a raft of incentives to Sandals Resorts Inter-national (SRI) in exchange for an agreed US$100-million investment in the financially strapped La Source hotel for which closure would have meant the loss of some 200 jobs....

A South Korean Health Ministry official says 176 countries, including European Union members and China, have agreed on an international protocol to eliminate tobacco black markets.If the protocol is ratified, the countries will be required to introduce...

Conduit Capital, an investment fund that owns energy assets in Jamaica, wants to invest domestically in liquefied natural gas (LNG). J. Scott Swensen, chairman of Conduit Capital Partners Limited, also said his company is raising another round of capital...

BEIJING, China:In the face of a slowdown of global demand for its manufactures, domestic consumption is this year driving growth in China.Beijing officials suggest this is evidence of the deepening success...

Caribbean rum producers face the prospect of losing market share to Central American countries despite the Economic Partnership Agreement between Cariforum and the European Union.Cariforum countries get tariff...

British lawmakers on Monday accused major multinational companies of aggressive tax avoidance, amid calls by the United Kingdom (UK) government for a global crackdown on firms that seek to evade taxes.In sometimes bitter exchanges at a three-hour...

The European Commission on Monday proposed freezing the imposition of carbon-emission charges on non-European Union (EU) flights for a year, a move that could prevent an international airline dispute from turning into a global trade war.The Commission...

Research In Motion said Monday that it will hold an official launch event for its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones on January 30...