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Published:Friday | December 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Montserrat has made "enormous progress" in its recovery from the 1995 eruption of a long-dormant volcano, which remains intermittently active.After concluding its first-ever consultation discussions...

Published:Friday | December 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The United States (US) has signed an open skies air transportation agreement with St Kitts and Nevis, which both parties say will liberalise their bilateral aviation relationship."...

Published:Friday | December 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing US$130 million in loans for projects in Trinidad and Tobago. Acting Finance Minister Vasant Bharath and the IDB representative, Iwan Sewberath Misser, signed the US$80-million...

Published:Friday | December 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Russian officials indicated Thursday that their country may offer more than the $10 billion it already has promised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help support the struggling euro currency. Speaking at a news conference with EU President Herman...

Published:Friday | December 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Will reduce electricity costs by 30 per centThe Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) will be spending $52 billion (US$602 million) for the construction of a new power plant which will add 360 megawatts of generating capacity to the national grid and...

Published:Friday | December 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Proven Investment Limited (PIL) will next Tuesday open its planned $1-billion preference share offer in a bid to finance acquisition deals.The offer opens December 20 and closes on December 23, according to the prospectus posted on the Jamaica Stock...

Published:Friday | December 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Parliamentary Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has avoided outlining any specific growth or debt projections to underpin its economic strategies if it wins the upcoming general election, and thus does not...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

RETIRED ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police (ACP) Reginald Grant is the new praedial larceny prevention coordinator. His appointment, which took effect on Tuesday, December 6, comes more than seven months after retired Jamaica Defence...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The United States Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) says it will strongly defend a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an effort to help customers who lost money in an alleged multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NORANDA JAMAICA Bauxite Partners (NJBP) has developed a partnership with small farmers and schools in St Ann that is boosting agricultural production through greenhouse technology....

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE DECISION by four astute businessmen to invest in the production of lamb and other valued-added products marketed under the VIP Meats brand is set to pay off in a big way. On a recent visit to Donnie Bunting's farm in Longville Park...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Does are relatively docile animals and, as such, should be treated gently as any agitation may cause disruption in milk flow.Equipment to properly milk and care for the milking dairy goat include milk bucket, milking stand, scale, two-per cent iodine...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Cheese is a nutritious solid food made from milk. In Jamaica, goat cheese production is relatively new and demand for the product is overwhelming...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Senators are demanding to know what happened to $1.2 billion in customer money that disappeared when MF Global collapsed into bankruptcy this fall...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The island's tax administrators yesterday all but rejected a Paying Taxes 2012 report published by global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), for what it described as the company's failure to account for new measures that contributed to slashing red tape...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is making a fresh attempt to dispose of agricultural land that was once the site of an extensive orchard by divesting 375 acres for residential purposes in the first instance....

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has extended the bidding deadline for the assets and/or business of Jamaica Citrus Growers Limited because of strong interest from potential investors in the United States and Trinidad & Tobago...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Pushing innovation in mobile, social media and web development, Panmedia last week launched its business events mobile app for BlackBerry that puts real-time resources on people's smartphones.The app pulls all the content from businesseventsja.com.jm...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The United States Securities and exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a suit against the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) in an effort to help customers who lost money in an alleged multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme ran by disgraced Texas...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Eight former Siemens senior executives and agents were charged in a $100 million foreign bribery scheme that spanned a decade and resulted in a "shocking level of deception and corruption," authorities said Tuesday.The defendants were accused in an...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Stock markets recovered Tuesday after big declines the previous day when investors fretted over whether the deal to fix the euro crisis would actually solve Europe's debt debacle.Optimism over last Friday's agreement by the 17 countries...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

How does one find his or her name and photograph in the newspaper under the caption 'The Faces of Delinquency'? And more importantly, what can a person do about this ignominy?These were two of the questions which came to mind as...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

AP: Wallets are opening up this holiday season. Some of that spending will be rewarding, but some will lead to a debt hangover in 2012. Pausing to develop a spending plan can help limit impulsive credit-card purchases and set your priorities for the coming year....

Published:Tuesday | December 13, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The main opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) says it will oppose any move to dissolve the regional airline and restart it under a new company.St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves...

Published:Tuesday | December 13, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A warning that Moody's Investors Service will review all the credit ratings of all European nations doused investors' optimism about last week's fiscal pact and sent stocks and other risky assets plunging Monday.The Dow Jones industrial average dropped...

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