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Holiday Inn workers now eligible to vote

The Court of Appeal has agreed that former contract workers of Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort are eligible to vote in the ballot to determine the union’s claim for bargaining rights. The ruling was made last Friday when it upheld a Supreme [...]

Brazil’s industrial and agribusiness output down

Brazil’s industrial and agribusiness output slumped in the first half of the year amid the global economic slowdown, the government statistics agency said Wednesday. The negative production figures were released even as renewed optimism [...]

PepsiCo to buy bottlers in deals totalling US$7.8b

PepsiCo Inc said Tuesday it is buying its two top bottlers for US$7.8 billion in a bid to save money and get new products to market more quickly. The deals were sealed months after PepsiCo’s first offers were rejected and 10 years after [...]

CARICOM mini-summit to assess economic transformation strategy

In a matter of days, a task force of five CARICOM leaders will meet in Jamaica to discuss a regional approach to the global economic and financial crisis. The group – the third that the Caribbean has created on this issue – includes [...]

A coffee farmer’s dream: Dorienne Rowan-Campbell goes organic

Organic coffee grower and small farmer Dorienne Rowan-Campbell says she has been told by Europeans and other tasters that her coffee would make a good espresso. Read more: A coffee farmer’s dream: Dorienne Rowan-Campbell goes organic
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