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In November 2010, the International Standards Organisation (ISO) introduced ISO 26000:2010, an international standard on social responsibility, which provides guidance on the subject and is intended to assist organisations in contributing to...

As I look out across the ocean, savouring another sunset on Necker Island, I find myself reflecting on a busy and exciting year for myself and the Virgin Group. There were a couple of setbacks:

My one prediction for 2012 is that this year will mark the beginning of the end of the world as we know it to be. Note, not the end of the world, just a shift in the paradigm that we are accustomed to operating in.

More than 2,000 farmers of the Agricultural Society of T&T (ASTT) have been caught in the middle of a feud between the president and chairman Dhano Sookoo and executive members.

As a new year brings forth new opportunities for investors, analysts are cautiously optimistic for 2012. Without the aid of a crystal ball, the global outlook for 2012 remains opaque and is largely hinged on developments in the Euro region.

Dhano Sookoo, president of the Agriculture Society of T&T, sat down with the Business Guardian’s DIXIE-ANN DICKSON to respond to the allegations levelled against her by some ASTT executive members.

There are a variety of new technologies that businesses need to keep an eye on in 2012. These technologies are already being widely adopted and strategically deployed.

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has set a new standard of financial success by the net profit of $0.76 million it posted for 2011, says its chairman Rudy Maharaj.