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How should Ocho Rios tourism stakeholders respond to the opening of the new cruise-ship pier in Falmouth?

Low-budget carrier REDjet is seeking a licence to operate on the Grenada route, according to a government statement from St Georges.REDjet chairman and chief executive officer Ian Burns held 'preliminary discussions' with the Grenada Airlift Committee...

A coalition that includes a unit of Goldman Sachs has won the concession to operate two busy toll roads in Puerto Rico over the next 40 years, the island's governor said Monday.The partnership of Goldman Sachs Global Infrastructure Partners II and...

Wary of a new surge in gas prices, the Obama administration said Thursday it is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the United States' emergency reserve as part of a broader international response to lost oil supplies caused by turmoil...

Somewhat like China, Brazil's economy is experiencing inflationary pressures reflecting tightening labour and other markets due to robust economic growth.In both countries, the financial authorities have resorted to conventional monetary policy, that...

Standard & Poor's has denied providing a numerical ranking of the credit worthiness of countries and placing Jamaica at second in a list of states likely to falter on the repayment of sovereign...

Productivity and economic growth have been significantly constrained by Jamaica's promotion of enclave development, executed through export free zones (EFZ) and in the mining and tourism industries, because there is little spillover from those sectors...

Trinidad Cement Company is "close" to an agreement with its major creditors that its latest disclosures suggest will allow the group eight years to pay its debt but also appears to impose a new level of austerity ...

The general public policy that cases should be decided by reference to all available relevant evidence has, since the sixteenth century, been subject to the important exception created by the doctrine of legal professional privilege (LPP)....

"WRITE BUSINESS plans, not résumés," is the advice that Valerie Veira, chief executive officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), gave to teenagers and other persons who attended the launch of Camp Millionaire, an entrepreneurship...

MAJOR INVESTMENT opportunities from targeted sectors in Jamaica will be presented to key players in the Canadian business community today at the Invest in Jamaica forum organised by the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) at the Delta Chelsea Hotel...

Australia's biggest brewer, Foster's Group Ltd, said Tuesday it has rejected a $10-billion cash takeover offer from beer maker SABMiller PLC as too low.