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Published:Tuesday | January 31, 2012 | 2:21 PM

The Office of Utilities Regulation plans to spend $27 million on foreign travel for staff in the next three years.

Published:Tuesday | January 31, 2012 | 2:07 PM

Jamaica Broilers said it will be petitioning the newly-elected government to implement wheeling of power.

Published:Tuesday | January 31, 2012 | 12:00 AM

'Borders Divide, Customs Connect' was the theme being celebrated by Jamaica Customs for Customs Week, January 22-26.In recognition of International Customs Day (January 26), the World Customs Organisation ...

Published:Tuesday | January 31, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Wendy's new CEO on Monday called the dour results of the past few years "self-inflicted wounds" and vowed to do better, laying out plans that included hiring top-tier workers and reclaiming market share from higher-end competitors like Five Guys and...

Published:Tuesday | January 31, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Oil prices are down on concerns that the United States (US) economy could slow and investors' worries eased about supply disruptions in the Persian Gulf.Benchmark crude fell by 34 cents to US$99.22 per barrel in New York on Monday.

Published:Monday | January 30, 2012 | 3:07 PM

GraceKennedy Group CEO, Don Wehby, has announced a number of management changes within the Group.

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

The Portia Simpson Miller-led administration is set to continue the discussions on two critical Green Papers prepared by the former government.

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

The University of Technology Jamaica (UTech) has pushed back at claims that engineering enrolment levels are down and that graduates are unable to find jobs, saying the data tells a different story. At the same time, UTech has indicated that it is recruiting full-time and part-time lecturers from among industry members to staff some of its technical programmes...

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

I was reading The Sunday Gleaner on January 15, 2012, and in particular the advisory column, 'Where do I buy stock?' You have opened up my mind but I would like more information about the Jamaica Stock Exchange. I am 21 years old, I attend the Jamaica-German Automotive School, and I work

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

Question: On September 11, 2010, a vehicle ran into the back of my car.

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

Leading finance chiefs sought to reassure anxious global business leaders on Friday that Europe is on track to solve its crippling debt crisis before it drags the world's economies down.

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

QUESTION: I read your columns in The Sunday Gleaner every week and appreciate the advice you give. I am seeking clarity on a matter.

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

A central theme out of the Jamaica Stock Exchange seventh regional conference on investment and the capital market was the need for partnerships between the private and public sectors, an area economic planner Dr Gladstone Hutchinson said is central to the success of Vision 2030.

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

National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB) saw its non-performing loan portfolio increased by almost 125 per cent for the quarter ended December 2011 driven by a large debt which became non-performing in March 2011. Its first quarter profits fell resulting from a decline in net interest income.

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

FACE OF THE WEEK - Actor Silton Townsend is caught up in the skit that was part of the programme launch for JMA/JEA/JAMPRO Expo Jamaica 2012 at the Wyndham in New Kingston on Tuesday.

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

Caribbean governments, tourist boards and hoteliers are no strangers to the difficulties of dealing with the cruise lines when it comes to issues that touch their loosely regulated but highly profitable industry. They may therefore be less than surprised by the public response to some of the more worrying aspects of the January 13 capsizing of the Costa Concordia off the Italian coast with the loss of 16 lives.

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

The National Land Agency (NLA) said last Monday that there were 212 foreclosures last year, up from eight in 2010. That's a staggering 2,550 per cent increase. The rise is juxtaposed with increasing loan defaults in the downturn and falling sales at auction.

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

Scotiabank Jamaica has restructured and expanded it deposit services to create a new 'suite' of 12 products, each tailored to different types of customers. But one of the new accounts will require minimum savings of J$100,000, while the structure also creates 'premium' savers whose minimum balance will be J$500,000.

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

GLENVILLE BARTLEY got involved in the making of straw baskets because of the influence of a friend who went to art school.

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

SOME DELINQUENT taxpayers, who could face strong action if they fail to settle their outstanding amounts with local tax authorities, are being offered a lifeline from their umbrella groups to assist in bringing their books up to date.

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

The Godfrey Stewart High School in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, was rewarded with a new refrigerator by the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Co-operative Credit Union for being the school that saved the most money in the Christmas Club for 2012.

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

WHEN ORAL Lewis and friends sent off a load of Scotch bonnet peppers to the AMC Complex in the Corporate Area, from where it would be shipped to the United States, they were already counting the profits and anticipating the next shipment. When news came that the peppers were rejected after being deemed too stale for export, it was a hard blow...

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

Jamaica National Building Society has recruited Nina Chang to run the new JN Financial Services which opened December in Montego Bay.Chang's background is in the commercial banking field, where she has worked for 17 years.

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

Chinese investment abroad is drawing scrutiny as global leaders increasingly look to China to prop up the world economy, even as some remain wary of the country's dominance.The head of one of China's biggest private equity firms said Thursday that...

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

The National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica has signed a US$20-million loan agreement with the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) for on-lending primarily to small and medium-size businesses in the productive sector.An immediate spin-off of the loan is...

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