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The Facey family-controlled Pan Jamaican Investment Trust has revealed an early 2012 construction date for its planned Marriott Hotel in New Kingston.

My vehicle was written off after a truck collided into its rear while it was parked. Can the insurance company, having insured the vehicle at one amount, deduct from the claim what it says, is depreciation in the value of the vehicle? The insurance company have also deducted a service charge (an excess or deductible) from the claim...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission ended a two-week visit to The Bahamas with a report that economic recovery in that country is gaining strength...

The US stock market is in the midst of its biggest retreat since the financial crisis.The Dow Jones industrial average plunged as many as 440 points in Thursday afternoon trading. It is now down more than 1,200 points since July 21.

First Jamaica Investment's J$14.5 billion in assets and shares were fully absorbed into realtor parent company Pan Jamaican Investment Trust Wednesday, following a successful court ruling backing the scheme and earlier shareholder approval, according...

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has narrowed the period in which junior market companies must list their shares after an offer through the exchange from 14 calendar days to seven.JSE said it would facilitate earlier secondary market trading...

Peart to lead JSDA - Gary Peart, chief executive officer of Mayberry Investment Limited, was elected the new president of the Jamaica Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) on July 28....

Black Sand Acqusition Inc on Thursday re-affirmed its US$3.86 per share offer price for Lascelles deMercado and Company in response, it said, to shareholder queries on what went into the pricing of the shares...

The Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) debt restructure deal will result in an 18-month debt moratorium for its Jamaican subsidiary Caribbean Cement Company, according to general manager Anthony Haynes in discussion with shareholders Thursday...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is not saying how much taxes go unremitted by the employers targeted under an aggressive collection programme dubbed REAP, but the amount is counted within the J$20 billion...

The Trinidad and Tobago government has called on citizens to choose their country over self-interest.In a full page advertisement targeting the trade unions planning a national strike, the Persad-Bissessar administration said that as it seeks to chart...

Research In Motion Limited yesterday unveiled five new BlackBerry phones with touch screens, as it hopes to revive the line's dwindling appeal in the face of competition from the iPhone and Android smartphones.The new phones had been expected earlier...