Caribbean stocks ended the week of February 10 lower, as 14,525,713 shares valued at US$6,885,420 crossed the floors of the six stock exchanges across Caricom.
Twenty six young persons from across the Caribbean have been employed as trainee managers in Sandals Resorts International’s two- year Management Trainee Programme.
Oil prices rose Monday after Greece took a key step away from a default on its huge debt that could hurt Europe's economy and cut demand for oil.Crude prices also got a boost from renewed tensions about Iran's oil supplies after some shipping companies...
IDB strengthens support to Anglophone Caribbean, Suriname The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said on Monday it has increased its investment in the English-speaking Caribbean and Suriname, among them the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) five...
McDonald's Corp says it will require its United States pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out the use of stalls that confine pregnant sows.
Google's US$12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approval of European antitrust regulators, moving Google one step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.European Union (EU) Competition...
GRACEKENNEDY IS confident that the planned rebirth of downtown Kingston will take place this time around, despite the many starts and stops over the years. That confidence has tempted the company to spend more than J$100 million to establish a full-service financial centre...
Town Clerk Errol Greene has repeated his call for businesses to look to downtown Kingston as they seek to relocate or expand. Minutes after GraceKennedy opened its new financial centre in the heart of the city, a beaming Greene told The Gleaner that his idea...
Fire suspected to have been caused by an electrical failure damaged inventory estimated to be valued at about $11 million at premises occupied by AMG Packaging and Paper Company.
From testimony about bribes, blood oaths, faked profits and secret Swiss bank accounts, the fraud trial of jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford has had its share of drama.
TOURISM MINISTER Dr Wykeham McNeill has expressed confidence that the team he has put in place to lead the Jamaica Tourist Board will help to ensure continued growth in the sector."The new board, under the astute chairmanship of Dennis Morrison,...
With the global shift and the economic meltdown taking place, in addition to the 1.4 billion people living in poverty worldwide, there is great demand for solutions. Even political administrations are feeling the negative effects...
In today's fast-paced, technologically savvy world, where most consumers prefer to locate a phone number, address or even a menu online, there are many businesses that fail to capitalise on the competitive edge of owning a website.
The global carmaker, Volkswagen, recently decided to save some of its employees from the stress of 24-hours-a day-7-days-a-week connectivity by shutting down its BlackBerry servers after working hours.
Jamaica's largest coffee processing firm, Salada Foods Limited, will be primarily focusing on increasing exports of its products as part of the strategy to take the company forward, according to Managing Director Julian Rodney
The United States State Department plans major changes to a foreign-exchange programme that has been exploited by unscrupulous labour brokers and organised criminals in the sex industry, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press.
Static income in the last four years has forced SN Kraft (SNK) Limited, a traditional manufacturer of souvenir items, to diversify, backed by a J$2-million EXIM Bank loan.
As governments at all levels contemplate cuts and reset priorities to make ends meet, one reality needs to be front and centre: support for economic recovery is paramount.
Last March, Cuba's Sixth Party Congress took what its leadership described as an irrevocable decision: to adopt a large number of economic guidelines that will gradually reform, decentralise and liberalise aspects of...
GraceKennedy Limited 90th anniversary church service, at the Jamaica College auditorium, 189 Old Hope Road, Kingston, 9 a.m.simone.clarke-cooper@gkco.com
GraceKennedy Financial Group (GKFG) is investing about J$120 million in a one-stop financial centre to expand its banking network, investment and insurance services to downtown Kingston.
