Europe: German Business Climate Hits Record as Economy Proves Robust German companies are gearing up for a bumper season after the summer lull. The business climate in Europe’s largest economy improved for a sixth month in July, according to Munich-based Ifo institute. The index, based on a survey of 7,000 German companies from manufacturing, trade
Access Financial Services Limited (AFS) has declared an interim dividend of $0.23 per share payable on August 25, 2017 to shareholders on record as at August 11, 2017. The ex-dividend date is August 9, 2017.
LASF recorded trading income of $302.68 million; this represented a growth of 27% or $65.2 million compared to the $237.48 million for corresponding period in 2016. Other income amounted to $16.54 million (2016: $23.17 million), a decrease of $6.63 million which resulted in total income of $319.23 million, a growth of 22% compared to the
U.S.: IMF Sees U.S. Fading as Global Growth Engine The world is leaning less on its biggest economy to sustain the global recovery, according to the International Monetary Fund. The fund left its forecast for global growth unchanged in the latest quarterly update to its World Economic Outlook, released Monday in Kuala Lumpur. The world
Jamaica Public Service Company 9.5% (JPS) has advised that at a Board of Directors’ meeting scheduled for July 28, 2017 an interim dividend payment will be considered for its Class F Cumulative Non-Redeemable Shares payable on August 31, 2017 to shareholders on record on August 8, 2017.
Kingston: Mayberry Investments Limited (“Mayberry”), lead financial advisor and broker to Express Catering Limited (the “Company”) in its recent invitation to the public made subject to a prospectus dated 5 July 2017 (the “Invitation” and the “Prospectus” as the case may be), to purchase Sale Shares (the “Shares”), is advising the public that refunds for
Europe: ECB survey sees lower inflation, higher GDP growth Euro zone inflation may slow more than earlier expected in the coming years but economic growth and the drop in unemployment could exceed past projections, the European Central Bank's Survey of Professional Forecasters showed on Friday. The ECB, which uses the survey in policy decisions, kept
Monthly Economic Review - June 2017
Lasco Financial Services Limited (LASF) has declared an interim dividend of $0.04 per share payable on August 11, 2017 to shareholders on record as at August 2, 2017. The ex-dividend date is July 28, 2017.
Mario Draghi indicated that policy makers at the Central Bank are still waiting for inflation to catch up with the Euro zone economic recovery, pushing back any discussion of winding back stimulus until after summer 2017. “We are finally experiencing a robust recovery where we only have to wait for wages and prices to follow
