Daily Brief: Cuba exports medicine to dozens of countries. It would like the US to be one of them – Dec 15, 2017

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• Cuba exports medicine to dozens of countries. It would like the US to be one of them

  Miamiherald.com / Cuba – Thu Dec 14, 2017

  Cuba now exports vaccines, diagnostic kits and drugs developed by its Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology —the largest research center on the island — to 51 countries. But except for a small shipment for a clinical trial, the United States isn’t one of them.

• Jamaica Broilers invests US$2m in feed mill expansion

  Gleaner – Business / Jamaica – Fri Dec 15, 2017

  The Jamaica Broilers Group invested US$2 million to expand its pellet mill, allowing the conglomerate to double feed production capacity. Pellet capacity will grow from 40 tonnes to 80 tonnes per hour.

• Transat plans hotel network in Mexico, Caribbean

  Ctvnews.ca / Caribbean – Thu Dec 14, 2017

  Transat A.T. plans to spend CA$750 million over the coming years to develop a hotel chain in Mexico and the Caribbean that it hopes will help to put it in a better position to face heightened competition from Canadian rivals.

• First Citizens Bank Limited – Financial Highlights for the year ended 30 September 2017

  Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange / Trinidad & Tobago – Thu Dec 14, 2017

  Profit after tax up 0.7% (TT$4.7m) vs 2016 (TT$641.9m)