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WRAP
ECSE
MARKET REVIEW
Three stocks traded on the ECSE during the review period all
of which recorded price increases. BON recorded a 1% increase
in price, closing at $5.05, SLH rose 65% to close at $1.65
and TDC rose by 4% to close at a trading price of $13.00 Market
activity resulted in the ECSE Index advancing 3.21 points,
ending the review period valued at 123.53. In the secondary
bond market, minimal trading was also recorded with 50,000
units of Government of Antigua Treasury Note trading at a
par value of 8.25%. 
Mine
eyes have seen the glory!!!
April
25, 2007 was the date on which the long awaited 2nd Semi Final
Match in the World Cup Cricket 2007 series was played. Yours
truly was there to test the system and witness the match between
Australia and South Africa which was won by the former. I
guess that many who saw confusion and hitches of all types
were surprised to witness the smooth execution of the day’s
activities. The traffic flowed, 
Banking
& Finance
It
is an exciting time to be in investing banking – both
from an industry and Investment Banking Department perspective.
The investment banking industry operates in a fast-paced,
dynamic environment with clients who need unambiguous guidance,
industry expertise and supportive talent and creativity of
fund managers. 
Starting
a small business -The series Part 3
So
you recognized a change in the environment (an anomaly) and
understood how it would impact the status quo (metonymy) and
have made the inference via deductive reasoning that a particular
small business opportunity would evolve. What are your next
steps? Logic suggests they are a feasibility study, business
planning, market planning and management, financing, human
resource planning and management, location, 
The
government budget and the consumer – Part 2
The
government budget, or the government’s annual estimate
of revenue and expenditure as it is more appropriately called,
is a summary or plan of the intended revenues and expenditure
of the government. It is presented after the Governor General
delivers her Throne Speech – which is a miniature presentation
of the budget from a more philosophical standpoint,

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