Total loans held by financial institutions are now trending at a record J$374 billion at March 2012, up 8.9 per cent year on year which represents the fastest rise in three years, according to central bank data...
The family conglomerate, Stewart's Automotive Group, will by August move its Suzuki dealership from Orchard Road to renovated facilities at its South Camp Road complex in Kingston, which is already home to other brands,...
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has opened applications for a new member dealer, which will grow the cohort of brokerages licensed to trade on the stock market to an even dozen....
National Insurance Fund (NIF) is looking forward to a hefty payday from its investment in the Capital and Credit Financial Group (CCFG) to which it remained a loyal shareholder even when the company's banking unit was...
CGM Gallagher Group is in line for a J$747-million contract to provide insurance brokerage services for the housing portfolio of the National Housing Trust (NHT).The deal has passed a key test, the endorsement...
Courts Jamaica and triple service provider Colombus Communications, which trades as Flow, have entered into an agreement to offer discounts to customers
The launch of Farmers' Watch, a programme aimed at reducing opportunities for theft of agricultural produce and other crimes, takes place today at the Rock River Bethlehem Baptist Church in Rock River, Clarendon.
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Egg Farmers' Association, Roy Baker, has vowed to step up the pressure to get government to roll back the 16.5 per cent general consumption tax (GCT) on egg, following the failure of agriculture minister Roger Clarke to deliver a highly anticipated definitive response to their pleas on Tuesday.
JESúS BAGUENA, head of operations, European Union Delegation has challenged local farmers to use the assistance provided under the European Union (EU) Banana Support Programme to achieve economic independence.
THE JAMAICA Agricultural Society (JAS) will, this year, pay tribute to the late Dr Thomas Philip Lecky at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show to be held from Saturday, August 4, to Monday, August 6 at the Denbigh showground.
Budding entrepreneur Lloyd Sterling is the creator of an authentic, multi-purpose spicy Jamaica jerk sauce distributed under the Matie Sauce brand name and dubbed Guavaliciously Irie. "We wanted a name that is Jamaican...
Italy's borrowing costs on its six-month bonds jumped Wednesday to their highest level since December in the face of German opposition to Premier Mario Monti's call for joint action to ease Europe's debt crisis.The Italian Treasury sold off €9...
The issue of the trade imbalance between Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago is to be discussed by the CARICOM Secretary General at a meeting with business leaders in Kingston this Friday
The United States Department of Justice has confirmed that Laura Pendergest-Holt, the former chief investment officer for jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford, has pleaded guilty to obstructing a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Crude oil prices wavered Tuesday but finished marginally higher in a late trading reversal as European leaders prepared to discuss a slate of proposals to stabilise the region's economy.Benchmark US crude added 15 cents to end the day at US$79.36 per...
Under pressure to limit contagion from the British phone-hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said Tuesday that it is considering splitting into two publicly traded companies. The media conglomerate did not specify Tuesday which businesses each...
The United States government has sued Wyndham Worldwide Corp over allegations that it failed to protect consumers' credit card data.The Federal Trade Commission said the hotel company suffered three data breaches from 2008 through 2010 that compromised...
Top European officials have called on countries that use the euro to surrender more control over their national budgets, a move apparently aimed at easing Germany's fears of sharing debt burdens with struggling governments like Spain or Italy....
Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has defended the decision of his administration to invest EC$8 million (US$2.96 million) in the cash-strapped regional airline LIAT.Skerrit said the airline has been working with the government to facilitate...
Christopher Zacca, as the sole candidate for president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), will likely land the position notwithstanding one technicality - he has not yet met all the qualifying...
Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) fell short of its 100 per cent target on its takeover offer for the Capital and Credit Financial Group (CCFG), but got enough subscriptions to force the remaining shareholders to sell.JMMB said Tuesday that it got...
