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Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Given the tough economic challenges facing Jamaicans, The Gleaner took to the streets of the Corporate Area to ask members of the public if they think more businesses should be offering coupons to their customers to help them cope.

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Directors of conglomerate Lascelles de Mercado (LdM) says the hostile takeover bid by rivals Black Sand Acquisition Inc lacks evidence of capital and could strip the group of its profitable Appleton rum brand.The board advised shareholders to hang on ...

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Michael Lee-Chin's AIC group has already raised J$2.4 billion in debt financing since this year through broker Victoria Mutual Wealth Management Limited, and is about to tap investors again with a new private...

Published:Tuesday | August 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica was among several countries represented at the inaugural Maritime Public Leaders Programme (MPLP) held in Singapore recently. Organised by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, 17 senior maritime personnel from countries across Asia...

Published:Tuesday | August 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Google Inc's US$12.5-billion deal to buy cellphone maker Moto-rola Mobility Holdings Inc is aimed at giving the Internet search leader more legal firepower as it battles Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp to gain the upper hand in the increasingly important...

Published:Monday | August 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

There have been much debate worldwide regarding the instability and uncertainty of the economy. Debt, default, downgrades, deception, dollars and division are the order of the day. But the key 'D' we need to look into that causes all these to be at the fore today is disobedience...

Published:Monday | August 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Imagine a laid-back rural community with scenery so bright, air so clean and crisp, and the people so loving and gently that you think it is paradise.Keep that same image in your mind, but expand it a bit more to include the fact...

Published:Monday | August 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Custom furniture manufacturer, Otis Jackson, will be the first to admit that his exclusively designed products are not the cheapest; however, this Passagefort, Portmore-based woodworker, has schooled himself to guarantee an "excellent return...

Published:Monday | August 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and the Inter-American Development Bank on Saturday inked a five-year agreement which could make small hoteliers in the tourism industry more profitable....

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Oil prices fell slightly Friday as mixed economic reports offered few clues about future energy demand.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

I have just completed a degree in marketing management (major) and banking and finance (minor).

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Offshore investors are flocking to Florida's distressed real estate prices as major companies with ties to Hong Kong, Spain, Argentina and Malaysia are snapping up properties sensing the local market has bottomed.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Is it time to sell everything or buy with abandon? Investors can't make up their minds.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Holders of Scotiabank preference stock have agreed to a proposal from the bank to redeem the 100 million share units five years early at a price of J$1.20 per unit. The bank expects savings of up to J$12 million per annum by delisting the shares which are publicly traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Finance Minister Audley Shaw will next month convene meetings of the Parliamentary Tax Committee, which he chairs, to begin deliberations on reforms to the taxation system. Shaw has invited submissions from the public to inform the committee's work, which is expected to result in a clear path for reform.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Cabinet has approved the signing of an air services agreement between the governments of Jamaica and the United Arab Emirates.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Over the past 20 years general economic, social, and political conditions in Jamaica have improved while individual living conditions for the majority of Jamaicans have worsened. This is the predominant view of a group of 36 opinion leaders who were contacted by telephone June 15-July 4 this year by this writer.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

General manager of oil refinery Petrojam Limited, Winston Watson (left), greets deputy commissioner in charge of operations of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Errol Mowatt, at the official presentation of a J$450,000 donation in support of Jamaican firefighters who previously participated in an overseas training exercise with the Florida State Fire Department from July 17 to 23.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

My family owns a number of dogs. Recently, one of them, a two-year-old German Shepherd, ran out of the yard through an open gate into the road. A passing motorcyclist claimed that in an attempt to avoid hitting our dog, he crashed. He suffered injuries and his bike was damaged as a result. He has presented us with a medical bill...

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

I read your article in The Sunday Gleaner titled "The dos and don'ts of investing" and noted where you said one should find a competent investment professional for help in making investment decisions. I often observe this statement in advice columns, but I am not sure where to find such a person.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

National Commercial Bank of Jamaica (NCB) said ahead of a vote last Friday, that its plan to offer loans to buy shares in the bank and associated companies was motivated by the new Companies Act rather than its majority owner Michael LeeChin.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica now ranks amongst the region's top-10 fastest-growing cruise destinations for the first time in at least five years, according to data analysed by the Financial Gleaner.

Published:Sunday | August 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The JTA Cooperative Credit Union Limited (JTACCU) has retaken the lead from COK Sodality as Jamaica's largest credit union by asset value, a position it last held three decades ago.

Published:Saturday | August 13, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BALACLAVA, St Elizabeth:WHEN THE Gleaner caught up with Grace Foster-Reid at her Mandeville home recently, she was comfortably dressed in faded jeans, T-shirt and water boots.

Published:Saturday | August 13, 2011 | 12:00 AM

CORN PIECE, Clarendon: HAVING ACQUIRED a graded Nubian ram in 1996, the Robinson family of Corn Piece, Clarendon, was determined to add a Boer to its stock, but at $40,000 the price...

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