Business

The Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) and its subsidiary, National Building Society of Cayman, have initiated discussions on economic advancement within the region, in the hope that it will achieve what CARICOM has failed to do over the years...

Digicel has partnered with Scotiabank in Haiti on the launch of a mobile banking product in that country.Tcho Tcho Mobile was launched in the French speaking country on Monday after formal approval was granted by the Banque de la Republique d'Haiti as...

There has been a big jump in the amount of money the National Housing Trust (NHT) is asking an investor to put up to build an upscale retirement village it has conceptualised for Barrett Hall in St.

It all started under a mango tree. When an existing business venture making refrigerators fell through because of the unavailability of imported component parts, cousins Metry Seaga and Steve Sirgany began making 'Solidarity' vending...

The Church of England on Monday joined opponents of News Corp's bid to buy full control of satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting.Nigel McCulloch, the bishop of Manchester, said the church fears that the buyout would give News Corp a potentially...

A VISION is the ability to foresee a mental image of a plan or idea. There are innumerable visionaries and God has given some great plans - ranging from medicinal and scientific solutions, witty inventions to financial breakthroughs!

The Government regulator of broadcasting in Jamaica is pushing to have television and radio broadcasting entities go fully digital by 2015. But while the various firms are at different stages of readiness - with one having entered the market with full digital service - the umbrella media lobby group, citing the expense involved, says five years is too quick a pace for mandatory switchover.

Preparing a good business plan is an art. In this section, you will learn how to channel the artist in you to do just that. Depending on the type of business you intend to start and who you intend to submit it to, you may need a much more comprehensive plan.

Cuba's economy is in a bad way. There is a widespread sense of social discontent and a deep concern among many groups in society, including some of those who are committed to Cuba's communist system.

Though some Jamaicans view selection for a National Housing Trust (NHT) home in much the same way they view the lottery, the agency says it takes a systematic approach to the selection of candidates.

An accident occurred between a taxi driver and me in September as I tried to negotiate a landslide around a bend along Race Course Road. You wrote about this on October 3. When I went to renew my policy, the premium had gone up by 110 per cent - from J$79,000 to J$166,000.

The Grenada government says it has no intention of paying the half-million US-dollar legal bill submitted by a US-based lawyer for defending Gregory Bowen in a matter involving American investor Jack Grynberg over drilling rights in Grenada....