Nestle has entered into an agreement to bring Starbucks products to millions of homes worldwide. The Swiss-based company announced Monday that Starbucks will receive an up-front cash payment of ...

Claire Fitzpatrick has been appointed as Regional President of BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT). She is the first female to lead BPTT, which produces 17 percent of the BP group’s global production....

Point Fortin MP David Lee is querying whether the services of a second credit rating agency should be enlisted following a downgrade by Standard and Poor's, which government said was the result of ...

The Finance Ministry has denied claims that it intends to increase the national retirement age from 60 to 65. In a statement issued Wednesday, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said at no time did he...

Tech giant Apple posted revenues of $61.1 billion for the second quarter ended March 31, 2018 This is 16 per cent up on figures posted for the same quarter in 2017. Earnings per share grew by 30...

The allegation of a three-million-dollar maternity benefits scam at the National Insurance Board (NIB) is currently being investigated by the Fraud Squad. Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Al...

As debate continued on the controversial Property Tax (Amendment) Bill 2018 in the Senate on Tuesday, Opposition Senator Taharqa Obika slammed government for planning to tax squatters and also rais...

Social media giant Facebook is looking to launch a dating feature, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced earlier today. The idea is not to focus on just hooking up but to foster meaningful relationships...

Walmart is selling its British unit, Asda, to local rival Sainsbury's for 7.3 billion pounds ($10.1 billion), a deal that lets the world's largest retailer focus on online sales in countries where ...

T-Mobile and Sprint reached a $26.5 billion merger agreement Sunday that would reduce the U.S. wireless industry to three major players — that is, if the Trump administration's antitrust regulators...

Americans boosted their spending by 0.4 percent in March, the best showing in three months. Meanwhile, a key gauge of inflation closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose at the fastest pace in mo...

A downward revision by Standard and Poor’s Global (S&P) to a negative outlook was as a result of incorrect figures provided to the global credit ratings agency by the Energy Ministry. The intern...

NCB Financial Group’s management is downplaying the recent delay in its transaction to acquire a majority shareholding of Trinidad & Tobago-based Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL). “We take it as ...

Amazon is raising the price of its annual Prime membership fee to $119 a year, up 20 percent from $99. New Prime members in the U.S. will be charged the higher price starting May 11. The increas...

The public's love affair with KFC is about to get tested again as prices on some favourites have increased. Checks on KFC's website shows that a snack pack is now $30 up from $28, a dinner speci...

The public can now access cash from Republic Bank's ABMs without the use of a card. The bank on Tuesday launched the Cardless Cash system at the Electronic Channels and Payments Division Headqua...

Twitter, driven by strong growth overseas, swung to a profit during the first quarter of the year, its second profitable quarter ever after a strong finish last year. But the company's stock tum...

General Motors is adding a shift at a Tennessee factory that makes GMC and Cadillac SUVs, putting about 700 people to work. But there may not be any new hires in Spring Hill south of Nashville. ...

The Finance Ministry refuted media reports that all pensioners will have to pay propertytax, saying that some pensionersmay be able to apply for deferrals depending on their circumstances. In a ...

The Ministry of Finance said it has signed the first tranche of a Policy-Based Loan Agreement in the sum of US$180 million with the Corporación Andina De Fomento (CAF) Development Bank. The Mini...