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Amid a marginal decline in first quarter profit, Bruce Bowen, president and chief executive officer of Scotia Group Jamaica, said the bank would prioritise expense control, sustained revenue growth and robust management of risk.

Risk expert Cathrine Kennedy has joined the board of Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS), the utility's chairman Hisatsugu Hirai said on Friday.The appointment took effect on February 7.

The government has accepted a proposal submitted by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) to try a new way of tackling destitution in rural and urban communities through centralised planning.

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With a marginal decline in first quarter profit for Scotia Group Jamaica, president and chief executive officer, Bruce Bowen, said expense control and efficiencies, sustained revenue growth and robust management of the bank's risk will be among the strategic priorities going forward.

Activities undertaken by the two year-old Agro-Investment Corporation (Agro-Invest) have so far resulted in a capital injection of J$438 million into agricultural and social infrastructure

Squabbling over transition issues in ministries as government changes hands has never been a fruitful or productive use of the people's representatives' time, or, despite popularity of TV and radio shows reporting on them...

Led by Richard Byles, Sagicor Life Jamaica has made profit of J$5.75 billion, strongly outperforming the J$4.87 billion made in 2010.It remains the third most profitable stock market company behind National Commercial Bank and Scotiabank Jamaica.The...

American-owned Noranda Bauxite Limited sold US$150 million worth of bauxite from Jamaica in 2011 while its Russian rival, UC Rusal, more than doubled its local production. The results indicate a continued strengthening...

I note with deep concern a Gleaner online story on Tuesday citing a financial analyst's lack of surprise and an economist's expectations that the Jamaican dollar will lose value in the next few months.While both of these individuals are often cited by...

The National Insurance Fund (NIF), whose holdings in January topped J$70 billion, says it is pursuing new investment strategies aimed at increasing the fund's rate of growth.Fund Director Audrey Deer-Williams said this...

Markets slipped on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the central bank may offer no more stimulus to the US economy, which has been recovering faster than expected.Stocks had been trading higher until Bernanke noted...