Business

CAR DEALER Toyota Jamaica is to contribute a portion of its sales to Jamaica's agricultural sector.A memorandum of understanding was signed between Toyota Jamaica's Managing Director John Connell and Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton...

Paraguay's international reserves hit record highs late last year, nearly twice the national debt, thanks to higher commodity prices and the ripple effects from the United States Federal Reserve's US$600 billion bond-buying spree, the country's central bank said Monday.

The United States says it plans to announce a new amnesty programme aimed at encouraging wealthy Americans with hidden offshore bank accounts in the Caribbean to come forward, declare the funds and pay the necessary taxes.Internal Revenue Service...

Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has confirmed that he was searched by American Airlines officials at Grenada's Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) before embarking on an official overseas trip.Thomas broke his silence on the issue after the local...

Stock markets in Caricom got off to a slow start in 2011.The Caribbean All Share Index (CASX), which tracks the returns of all listed common shares in Caricom, posted a slight gain of 0.18 points in the first two weeks of trading, while the CSX 30,...

Prospective bidders on Friday complained that two months before the close of tender for the supply of 480 megawatts of new generating capacity to the national grid, they are yet to be provided with the indicative price at which liquefied natural gas...

Jamaica on Tuesday received a grant of €28.87 million (J$3.37b) from the European Union (EU) for budgetary support, funds that Finance Minister Audley Shaw said will help to pay down the country's debt, finance growth programmes, and bolster...

The European Central Bank (ECB) spent far less money propping up the bond markets in Europe's more indebted countries last week, figures showed Monday, reinforcing a growing view in the markets that the government debt crisis may be stabilising....

Doing business of any kind in this area, whether on a personal or national level, carries with it a great deal of uncertainty.The question then becomes, 'Who do I trust?' Different persons say different things, depending...

Although the Caribbean is making headway in arguing its case for a change in the level at which the United Kingdom's Air Passenger Duty (APD) is charged, the issue still has some way to go politically.As matters now stand, it appears that the British...

The Editor:There are two factual errors in the news story 'NEM looks to Property Market to Counter Motor -Insurance Decline', which was published in the business section of The Gleaner, on Wednesday, January 19, 2010.First, the news story implied that...

1 Minister of Works and Transport of Trinidad and Tobago Jack Warner (left) and Caribbean Airlines Chairman George Michael Nicholas III visit with students of the Windward Road Primary and Junior High School in Kingston on January 14.