Port-au-Prince Business News

The Public Health Ministry today defended the binational plan to eradicate malaria and elephantiasis in Haiti and Dominican Republic, with the cooperation of the Carter Foundation, and rejects allegations that former U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s objective is to fuse both...

Fla. — A Florida man accused of running a Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $14 million from Haitian-American investors has pleaded guilty. Brian Taglieri pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to commit securities fraud...The 49-year-old faces up to five...

A self-proclaimed investment guru has agreed to a settlement with federal securities regulators over charges he bilked hundreds of fellow Haitian Americans out of $23.4 million, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday. George Theodule, who now lives in Georgia,...

In U.S., young Haitians mobilize to help their nation Lawrence Gonzalez wants to invest his energy, sweat and time in Haiti. And he believes he has found just the way to do it: Create a corps of Haitian students in...

A new shipping line is launching in South Florida to serve Haiti , with the former director of the Port of Miami at the company's helm. Sante Shipping Lines plans to kick off cargo service Saturday with twice-a-month trips from...

Cuban news agency's report on changes The Cuban Council of State released an official statement Monday informing of recent changes in the government. These follow President Raul Castro's remarks during the constituent session of the Cuban parliament on February 24,...

It is an honor to have been asked to write an article for the Greenwich Time this week. My family and I moved into Greenwich from South Salem, N.Y., 18 months ago when I was appointed pastor to the First...

Cigna President David Cordani Health insurer WellPoint Inc. announced plans last spring to sell its pharmacy benefits management business to Express Scripts Inc. for about $4.68 billion. Analysts have wondered whether other managed care companies would consider a similar sale....

Twenty-six-year-old Sherley Desgranges found her calling in Louisville, founding the Grace Divine Liturgical Dance Institute soon after she moved from Brooklyn, N.Y...I just thought I would find a space and they could come to us.� Classes cost $10. More than...

Is Steve Durham (Letters, October 27) seriously suggesting cyclists be required to wear identification? Does he also think car and truck drivers and motorcyclists should do so? Or is he really suggesting that cyclists' bicycles should be required to have...