Business

Do you know anyone who in 2001 bought J$100,000 worth of six-month Treasury shares from BOJ?

There's a new book available in the United States titled The Soulful Parent.

VOWING TO capture persons who operate multibillion-dollar businesses but avoid the tax net, Finance Minister Audley Shaw said the Government was working feverishly to introduce forensic science to ferret out tax evaders.

The Caribbean Broilers (CB) Group on Tuesday officially broke ground for a state-of-the-art pig-rearing facility at Ebony Park, which will benefit from its expertise in that particular area. The CB Group has partnered with experts in Canada to develop and improve the pig breed for pork production in Jamaica, through Newport Genetics, its research and development arm.

Cuba legalised the sale and purchase of automobiles for all citizens on Wednesday, another major step in its economic transformation and one that the public has been clamouring for over decades.The government announced the move in April...

Optimally, contemplation of certain kinds of issues in financial affairs is secret.Negotiators may hammer out complex details, float or fly kites and shoot down bargains behind closed doors, without anyone losing face amidst crippling public comment.

Until recently, the idea that the 27-nation European Union (EU) might disintegrate would have been unthinkable, for uniting a continent ripped apart by two World Wars was considered a rousing diplomatic success...

More than three dozen people have been charged in a prescription-drug sweep that included a raid on a Boeing plant near Philadelphia that makes military helicopters.

Germany kept alive hopes that the 17-nation euro currency can survive the sprawling debt crisis when lawmakers in Europe's largest economy voted overwhelmingly on Thursday in favour of expanding the powers of the eurozone's bailout fund.

The Trinidad High Court has ordered the now defunct CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) to repay TT$700 million (US$116.6 million) to the National Insurance Board (NIB).

Guyana has commissioned an additional 15.6 megawatts of power following expansion of the Kingston Wartsila Power Plant operated by Guyana Power and Light company (GPL).Two new generators were installed at the plant at a cost of US$20 million.

Christopher Williams will relinquish the job as head of Proven Wealth Limited to Chorvelle Johnson, who joins the company on Monday as chief executive officer.The appointment frees Williams to concentrate on running the parent operation, Proven...