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EWARTON, St Catherine: The community of Ewarton in St Catherine is set to come alive on Thursday with the inaugural staging of a one-night shopping extravaganza.Dubbed 'Shopping Night Out', the celebration will see shops, stores and restaurants...

NEW YORK (AP):Shoppers came out in droves on the last weekend before Christmas, tackling their gift lists and driving traffic up at malls across the the United States.Weather caused no major problems a week after an intense snowstorm blanketed the...

"A healthy and good sex life is important to every marriage and is a blessing from the Lord! Contrary to popular belief, but in accordance with biblical principles, sex is for marriage! Although it is not often discussed...

Brazil's unemployment has hit a record low for the fourth straight month.

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RBTT Bank Jamaica Limited will cut 130 basis points off its prime lending rate effective January 1, 2011.

National Rums of Jamaica Limited has turned its focus on finding new markets overseas after a billion-dollar upgrade of its distillery at Monymusk sugar estate that boosted the plant's capacity by 40,000 litres to 18 million litres.

It has been three years since the Government announced its intention to establish Jamaica as an international financial services centre (IFSC). But there are laws yet to be passed and an agency still to be set up to promote the business before the country can tap into the industry that has the potential to earn between US$30 and US$300 million in government revenues.

For the last few weeks, the virtual organisation, WikiLeaks, has been selectively making available classified United States State Department reporting. It has been doing so to a small group of news outlets in the US, the United Kingdom, Spain, and elsewhere.

European aircraft manufacturer ATR has responded to suggestions by the People's Partnership Government in Trinidad and Tobago that there may be safety issues with its planes, insisting that they are safe.

West Kingston Power Partners, a subsidiary of Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP), has secured financial backing from World Bank affiliate, IFC, which has organised a US$100-million package for the company's power-generation business.