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Published:Monday | December 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Scores of vendors at the Oxford Mall arcade in downtown Kingston are pondering their next move after a fire at the facility yesterday caused losses estimated to exceed $70 million....

Published:Monday | December 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WE ARE in an era where the choices we make are critical to our success in accomplishing our goals and objectives - individually and nationally. The survival of businesses and nations are directly connected to the choices made by all involved...

Published:Monday | December 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Below is an excerpt from remarks delivered by Joseph M. Matalon, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), during the organisation's Christmas luncheon held last Wednesday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston....

Published:Monday | December 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LINSTEAD, St Catherine:SOME VENDORS who ply their wares in the Linstead Market in St Catherine say they will have to peddle on the street if they are to cash in on the Christmas sales."Mi pay mi market fee...

Published:Monday | December 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM

OCHO RIOS, St Ann: OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND for moderate and higher-risk investors.That's the word from Merrick Plummer, research manager, PanCaribbean Financial Services (PCFS)...

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

All European Union countries except Britain on Friday agreed to consider a new treaty that would see them give up crucial powers over their own budgets in an attempt to overcome a crippling debt crisis.

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The National Labor Relations Board on Friday officially dropped its high-profile case challenging Boeing's decision to open a non-union aircraft manufacturing plant in South Carolina.

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The ex-refinery prices of gasolene have been trending down, in some cases reaching their lowest levels since February, this year, despite continued upward movements in world oil prices, but Petrojam has provided no...

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has welcomed the ruling by the Jamaica Industrial Disputes Tribunal blocking a planned strike by members of the Jamaica Airlines Pilots Association (JALPA).

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A major investment in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector has been secured by Jamaica, which will result in the employment of nearly 1,000 persons when fully operational in 2012.

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Question: I am a mechanic and a decorator by trade.

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A grand jury has indicted two women for attacking a Jamaica-born McDonald's cook who beat them with a metal rod and was cleared by the same grand jury.

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I am a young potential investor.

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Puma Energy, a subsidiary of Trafigura, the Europe-based commodities trading giant, said last Thursday that it had reached an agreement with US oil company Chevron to buy its Caribbean fuel distribution and storage assets business.

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The UK Treasury's failure to reform Britain's Air Passenger Duty (APD) leaves the Caribbean's relations with the United Kingdom in a difficult place.

Published:Saturday | December 10, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Little Bryanna Campbell clutched her doll tightly to her chest. A perplexed look told the story of her dilemma. The two-year-old had no intention of letting go of her prized possession, but she also wanted to join her gleeful friends in the bounceabout. Mom Nadine Brock came to her rescue, securing Bryanna's precious cargo...

Published:Saturday | December 10, 2011 | 12:00 AM

VICTORIA TATE never fulfilled her dream of becoming a teacher, but her craft still afforded her the opportunity to touch many lives. She eked out a living, primarily through tilling the soil, burning coal and producing wet sugar.

Published:Saturday | December 10, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PATRONS OF the first coffee festival hosted by the Central St Catherine Coffee Co-operative Society Limited were exposed to various coffee products and by-products.

Published:Saturday | December 10, 2011 | 12:00 AM

IT IS CLASS time at Knox College, but some students are selling hot dogs, ice cream, and sweets, among other things, under a tree. This has been happening during school hours since October with the blessings of the school. In fact, on the day a Gleaner team visited, Milicent Mahabare, head of the business department, was with the students.

Published:Saturday | December 10, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Housing Minister Dr Horace Chang says a private sector-government partnership is the only solution to address the problem of low-income housing in Jamaica.

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Former MF Global chief Jon Corzine told a congressional panel Thursday that he never intended to break rules requiring the failed securities firm to safeguard client funds.

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Jamaica will modernise its fiscal administration to improve customs and tax revenue collections and better manage debt and government operations, in a programme partly funded by a US$65-million loan.

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The 50-year-old Yellow Pages directory product run by Global Directories appears to have received a significant challenge from the newly launched RedBk Jamaica Limited, which aims to start publishing a new directory by mid-2012.

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Even though it has come in the holiday season, the announcement that AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in its bid to restructure the airline has, so far, not generated uncertainty among passengers.

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