Business

ONE OF the things that nations and companies need in this era is innovative and inspired managers to turn things around. They are needed because of the global challenges being faced today...

United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants faster and bolder action to deal with the European debt crisis, and he's calling that crisis the most serious risk to the global economy.

An employee has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison in an embezzlement scheme that defrauded Microsoft Corp of more than US$450,000.

Tate George, who hit one of the most memorable shots in UConn basketball history and then went on to a brief NBA career, surrendered to federal authorities in New Jersey on Friday to face charges stemming from what prosecutors say was a Ponzi scheme.

If the English-speaking Caribbean is increasing its engagement with China, Brazil, Taiwan, Venezuela, Iran and others, why should it not be doing so with the Dominican Republic?

Three female relatives and I were travelling in a car to attend a wedding on the north coast. I had an accident on the highway at about 7:30 a.m. while going through Hanover. The car hit something and ran off the road. When I reported the accident to my insurers, they said the claim process would take six to eight weeks.

A judge has subpoenaed six newspapers for the names and phone numbers of all reporters and editors who have covered Argentina's economy over the past five years, so they can be called as witnesses against their sources.

"MOST OF our residents are mentally challenged or socially displaced, meaning they have no one to take care of them. Most of them are elderly, with no children around. The youngest person is in his 30s, so it's not really a young population," registered nurse, Avie-Ann Laing, of the St Mary Infirmary, told The Gleaner during a recent visit to the institution.

FISH VENDORS at the Port Maria Market are now plying their trade along the roadway in that town after being forced on to the streets as a result of the deplorable state of the facility.

BUS AND taxi operators are appealing to the St Mary Parish Council and the police to be transparent in their operations and policy decisions which have allowed some operators to breach the law unmolested.

Stocks plummeted Thursday after the Federal Reserve indicated that the United States (US) economic slump could last for years.In early morning trading, The Dow Jones industrial average fell 371 points, or 3.3 per cent, to 10,753...

Cabinet has approved appointments to boards of the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (ADSC), the Standards Council - Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) and the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) advisory board.Members will serve for two years from...