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Published:Wednesday | May 2, 2012 | 12:00 AM

A two-year-old change in gambling laws makes bookmakers eligible to buy five-year operating licences, but the owners of betting shops have said they cannot take advantage of the concession because of expensive rights...

Published:Wednesday | May 2, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Currently implementing the final leg of its IDB-funded project, Women Business Owners Jamaica Limited (WBO) recently signed off on sponsorship from Scotiabank and Flow through its subsidiary Columbus Business Solutions...

Published:Tuesday | May 1, 2012 | 12:00 AM

PepsiCo Inc is tweeting to a new generation of music lovers. The No. 2 soda company said Monday that it's partnering with Twitter to provide streaming videos of live music concerts to Pepsi's followers on the social networking site....

Published:Tuesday | May 1, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said Monday it had been selected by Canada as a key partner in its "fast-start" commitment to support climate-change mitigation and adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean...

Published:Monday | April 30, 2012 | 4:01 PM

The acting CEO of LIAT Airline, Brian Challenger, has resigned effective June 30.

Published:Monday | April 30, 2012 | 3:41 PM

PetroCaribe Development Fund and Wigton Windfarm will be investing several million dollars in funding and training as part of a renewable energy initiative at the Munro College, St. Elizabeth.

Published:Monday | April 30, 2012 | 1:49 PM

The additional time given for the submission of the 2011 employers annual return (S02) expires today.

Published:Monday | April 30, 2012 | 12:00 AM

"I know there are giants out there ... but those giants are doing other things, and I'm determined to continue gaining market share and driving innovation in the mortgage market."
That sums up Gladstone Whitelocke, general manager of Scotia Jamaica Building Society...

Published:Monday | April 30, 2012 | 12:00 AM

WHEN MONEY, fame and power take precedence over core values and morals among the people of a nation, then the nation is on its way to becoming degenerate and corrupt.

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Texaco gas station at Mary Brown's Corner in Kingston is undergoing an estimated J$40 million ultra-modern facelift geared at...

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

JN Small Business Loans Limited special board luncheon, at Terra Nova All Suite Hotel, 17 Waterloo Road, Kingston, 12:30 p.m.gmanning@jnbs.com

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

BCW Holdings Limited has secured a third equity investor.Real estate and securities investor James Goren joins Jamaica Broilers Group Limited and Wisynco Group Caribbean Limited as "founding investors" in the company, which will operate from as BCW...

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica Manufacturing Association (JMA) President Brian Pengelley last Thursday night charged the Government to retrofit its ministries and agencies with locally made products, even the toilet paper.

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

National Commercial Bank Jamaica's profits fell for a second quarter after recording a J$926 million write-down after tax on an impaired loan.Profits fell 28 per cent in the March 2012 quarter to J$2 billion.

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Question: On March 28, 2012, I was involved in an accident.

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

I am currently in my first year of university and I am 44 years old and unemployed.

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

A new asset recovery company has set up shop in Kingston and is already touting the market as flush with opportunities.

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Is the value of the 2008 European Union-Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) attenuating or can it still be made to work to the region's advantage?

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

In this April 19, 2012 file photo, people walk past Hotel El Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia.

Published:Saturday | April 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

THE EVENT was billed as a health fair and blood drive hosted by the Portmore Missionary Church at 114 Cecile Avenue, Edgewater, so the Bridgeport Farmers' Association booth conspicuously located near the entrance stood out like a sore thumb. However, as president Michelle Brown explained, the group was committed to promoting a healthy lifestyle among its members and customers, so it was a natural fit.

Published:Saturday | April 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

PETER MCCONNELL, managing director of Trade Winds Citrus Limited, told The Gleaner that his main interest in seeking to purchase the Juciful brand, under licence from the Citrus Growers Association (CGA), is to ensure a continued income-generating source for the CGA, so it can continue to provide the necessary services to its members.

Published:Friday | April 27, 2012 | 12:47 PM

The tax authorities has raised assessments approximating J$176 million since it established a toll free line a year ago to report individuals and businesses suspected of cheating on tax payments.

Published:Friday | April 27, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Chrysler had its best quarterly profit in 13 years. Not bad for a company that almost died three years ago. The company earned US$473 million in the first quarter, mainly on the back of strong US sales, which rose 39 per cent from January through March...

Published:Friday | April 27, 2012 | 12:00 AM

News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch said Thursday that he panicked when he closed the News of the World tabloid last year, one of a series of revealing exchanges made at an inquiry into British media ethics...

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