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The files of all debtors in financial institutions whose insolvency led to their acquisition by FINSAC during the 1990s should be opened to public scrutiny, as well as the Commission of Enquiry, to determine whether borrowers were fairly treated, Patrick Hylton has suggested....

Global insurance company American International Group Inc and the federal government are offering to sell a total of 300 million AIG shares to the public.AIG and the government did not specify a price for the shares in a regulatory filing on...

A former Wall Street titan was convicted Wednesday of making a fortune by coaxing a crew of corporate tipsters into giving him an illegal edge on blockbuster trades in technology and other stocks — what prosecutors called the largest insider...

Venezuela's state oil company says the failure of an air-circulation system has affected production at the South American country's largest refinery, but the problem will not affect oil shipments.

Are you thinking about getting into a brand new career? Perhaps you've run out of patience trying to get a job in the area you were trained for in university...

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer met Monday with representatives of the regional airline LIAT hoping to sell its new Embraer E-190 aircraft for service in the region. The Embraer E-190 has a capacity of 100 seats...

A US$7-billion project to dam two of the world's wildest rivers for electricity has won environmental approval Monday from a Chilean government commission despite a groundswell of opposition. The commissioners...

A fight over cement markets that appears headed to court in Dominican Republic has drawn the Jamaican Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce into likely defending home-based...

The new tip-off line for alleged or assumed tax cheats got 33 reports in its first week, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) said Tuesday. The tax-cheat hotline, 1-888-292-4328, became operational May 1 and is manned by "trained agents, the tax agency said.

Analysts from separate media houses have come to two divergent conclusions on the Honey Bun initial public offering, which aims to raise J$50.8 million of fresh capital for the pastrymaker to grow. Scotia Investments...

Microsoft Corp said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for US$8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker's 36-year history.

Toyota's global car production, disrupted by parts shortages after Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami, will likely return to normal two to three months earlier than expected, a report said Tuesday.