Category: Business & Economy

Is having a sound financial system in a country wishful thinking?

De l’urgence des remises en question

There have been reports recently about an increase in the number of unemployed in Mauritius. Even though people parade the figures of unemployment, depending on whether they want

The axe has kept falling on the poorer folk who have kept seeing their standard of living eroded continuously through price inflation. Those who entertained a glimmer of hope

Mauritius’ cement imports amount to Rs 1.8 – 2 billion annually. Up to mid-2011, there were three players supplying the local market with the State Trading Corporation (STC)

The global history of the airline operations industry is replete with examples of even very large companies being turned around, from the brink of insolvency sometimes, on several

Many of the most venerable and respected political parties of the world came on the stage as defenders of the rights of workers. They drew the major part

From time to time it is instructive to go back and take a look at signals and warnings that had been given before and which, if they had

Cogent solutions to reposition the sugar industry to enable it to thrive and prosper in the changed and more challenging market place with everyone on board are available.

These days we are exposed to the much-abused expression of “daylight robbery”. In fact since our high school days we had known what daylight robbery meant – when

Ministerial announcements preceding or replacing appropriate communication by relevant regulatory authorities have left disturbing impressions of a situation which has gone out of hand.  However valid the reasons,

Sale coup pour l’économie mauricienne et appel à la raison :

Two days ago a prominent headline in the British media read as follows: ‘Nina Ricci heiress jailed for hiding millions from tax authorities in Swiss bank.’ There was

One-stop shop for foreign investors – multiple blocks and shocks and insults for Mauritians? What a shame, for a country that pretends to be the most advanced in

The Demise of the BAI Group of Companies