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Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Two weeks ago, four British ministers including William Hague, the foreign secretary, plus a large number of senior officials and representatives of UK companies met with Caribbean foreign ministers, officials and others in Grenada.

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

A trademark, by legal definition, is a distinctive symbol or image, word or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Local insurance industry executives say premiums will rise both life and general insurance products, whose pricings are impacted separately by reduced investment earnings and reinsurance costs.

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Women Business Owners Jamaica hosts graduation ceremony for trainees of 'Strengthening and Promoting Women Entrepreneurs in Jamaica' project, at Knutsford Court Hotel, Ruthven Road, Kingston, 5:30 p.m.

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Cooperative Credit Union League (JCCUL) has relaunched its mortgage programme which assigns matching funds to the community lenders for on-lending to individuals who want to purchase real estate.

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Australian government, in its commitment to strengthen its business and bilateral relations with Jamaica and other countries in the Caribbean, has established a permanent diplomatic mission in Kingston.

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I would like to know the differences between mutual funds, stocks, unit trusts, and bonds.- Tasha PFA: The marketable investment instruments you have asked about differ in several ways including whether they are debt or equity, their level of...

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Question: Why should a J$250,000 motorcycle cost more to insure than a J$1.5 million motor car?

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Herald Printers needed a game-changer. The company had survived eight decades but found itself struggling as the economy tanked at the close of the last.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

DINTHILL TECHNICAL High School Alumni Association, Florida Chapter, has donated 155 tablet computers, armchairs, a printer, and cricket gear valued at approximately $2.5 million to the institution. The presentation was made recently at the school in Linstead, St Catherine.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Brian Wynter, consults with a senior official on day one of the Cabinet retreat on February 2.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

JAMAICA CUSTOMS yesterday said 31 barrels containing compressed tobacco with an estimated street value of approximately $5 million were discovered at Kingston Wharves over a five-week period.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

GREEN STREET in Manchester is a community located a little over a mile from the parish capital Mandeville. However, despite its proximity to the commercial hub and its diverse population, accessing tap water has been an uphill task for the residents from time immemorial.

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 4:24 PM

Telecoms provider LIME has joined an action brought by the Fair Trading Commission in the Supreme Court challenging the Digicel-Claro deal.

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 9:27 AM

A recently released remittance report by the Bank of Jamaica has shown a modest increase in remittance inflows to the island, in the first eight months of the current fiscal year.

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Senior Project Director at Convergys Corporation, Bryan Carpenter (left), and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton pose with a handshake during their meeting at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa in Montego Bay...

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

January 31: Ex-worker says Stanford lavishly spent on projects. A former employee of Texas tycoon R.

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The parent of American Airlines wants to eliminate about 13,000 jobs, 15 per cent of its workforce, as the nation's third-biggest airline remakes itself under bankruptcy protection.The company proposes to end its traditional pension plans,...

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Contrary to the picture of buoyant tourism arrivals and earnings conjured up by the former minister of tourism, the latest Jamaica Tourist Board statistics show that the slide in stopover arrivals that began in...

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Among the responses to last week's column on the failure of our indigenous financial services sector in mid-1996 and national debt as important policy backdrops, I highlight one....

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The unveiling came late Wednesday when the company filed its plans to raise US$5 billion in an initial public offering of stock.It's a revelatory moment that prospective investors, curious competitors and nosy reporters have been awaiting for two...

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Telephone magnate Carlos Slim denied Tuesday that he has a monopoly on telecommunications in Mexico, disputing a report by an international economic forum that say a lack of competition has cost the country billions.Slim, who is the world's richest man...

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Hylton joins N&M board - Top Jamaican banker Patrick Hylton has joined the board of Neal & Massy Holdings Limited, a Trinidadian conglomerate with businesses spread across...

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The used car sector lost eleven dealers last year, none of them major players, but their exit caps another bad year for auto traders that not even government intervention was unable to fully counter.The used car dealers...

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