Business

Pepsi Cola Jamaica, which saw sales of the carbonated soft drink increased by 12 per cent since it introduced Pepsi Bubbla on the local market two months ago, said it would allow consumers to determine whether it kills the larger product."We always...

Clifton Mount Estate Limited, owners of Café Blue, will be expanding business in Kingston and Montego Bay over the next two months.Clifton Mount is the oldest functioning coffee estate in Jamaica and a producer ...

AT THE best of times, a 0.2 per cent spike is marginal enough to be labelled as flat.But this week, it was yet another sign of a broken economy slowly on the mend.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has set aside approximately J$1 billion for the continued development of the sugar industry over five years.The funds are in addition to the J$523 million already budgeted, and will be made available up to...

Exec Direct Aviation (EDA), Jamaica's only all-cargo airline, has secured permits to fly to Cayman Islands and Nassau, Bahamas, the company said Wednesday....

AS THE issue of tax reform returns to the front burner, it is worthwhile to look at what has been happening recently, as well as some of the big challenges we will have to address if we are to facilitate our tax regime in acting as a catalyst for...

Jamaica has ratified the 2008 and 2010 amendments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) articles of agreement and 14th general review of quotas.Daryl Vaz, minister with responsibility for information, told journalists gathered for a post-Cabinet...

Japan's government on Wednesday unveiled a US$100 billion loans programme to ease the strains of a strong yen and encourage companies to turn adversity into opportunity.The unconventional one-year scheme aims to prompt Japanese companies to shift their...

A chance meeting in an airport lobby between the top executives of Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor Corp has evolved into a deal between the auto giants to jointly develop a gas-electric hybrid engine for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles....

Consumption of pork has increased by almost 20 per cent since Caribbean Broilers embarked on a campaign five years ago to boost the quality and enhance supply of the meat, but Jamaicans still eat far less of the protein than the average person worldwide.....

For the week ending August 19, some 54,903,910 shares valued at US$7,361,872 crossed the floors of the six stock exchanges across CARICOM, with 55 stocks advancing, 27 declining and 43 remaining unchanged.Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) was the...

NCB Insurance has snapped up close to 17 million shares in GraceKennedy Limited on behalf of a client who, in three months, has emerged as the single largest shareholder in the food and financial services conglomerate.The purchaser aggressively acquired...