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Suggesting that Jamaica's long-term economic advantage is likely to rest on the delivery on competitively priced high quality services, a top World Bank official has urged policymakers here to invest now in the development of human capital, even as they...

Pamela Bridgewater, the United States Ambassador to Jamaica, has named some big corporations in industry and finance whom she says are interested in investing in Jamaica. Bridgewater held discussions with big investors prior to taking up her posting...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Brian Wynter is prepared to offer conditional approvals to investors in credit bureaus to kick-start the market, as long as they satisfy his fit-and-proper tests of their...

Tank-Weld Metals says its bulk cement and bagging facility under development at its base in Rio Bueno should be completed and ready for commissioning in the first quarter of next year....

The investment promotions agency, Jampro, is on the hunt for an investor willing to fork out US$930 million needed to finance a power-generation project along the Mahogany Vale River in Jamaica's Blue Mountains....

China's government announced food subsidies for poor families Wednesday as it tries to cool a double-digit surge in prices that communist leaders worry might stir unrest.The Cabinet promised to ease shortages of vegetables and grain that helped push up...

WESTERN BUREAU: GRACEKENNEDY REMITTANCE Services (GKRS) and Western Union recently rolled out the red carpet to honour several staff and agents at a lavish gala banquet in observance of their partnership in Jamaica...

The International Tobacco Growers' Association (ITGA) has praised the decision by the Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific grouping to oppose new guidelines by the World Health Organization's (WHO) to ban certain ingredients used...

Europe's debt crisis hit a critical juncture Tuesday, as finance ministers tried to keep Ireland's market turmoil from triggering a domino effect that could topple other vulnerable nations like Portugal ...

Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company is negotiating a new outsourcing contract for its bill-collection service and could make an announcement as early as Thursday, persons familiar with the talks have said....

Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL) made a loss of TT$65.7 million on the disposal of its asset management business in Jamaica, pushing the company into the red in the third quarter.The "non-cash charge" from the sale of Guardian Asset Management Jamaica...

One of the most well-known aphorisms in the business world is 'time is money'.And it's no mystery why either: most work relationships involve the exchange of time for money.