Opponents of a big mining project in the Dominican Republic asked a judge Tuesday to halt the Canadian company's operation until it addresses their concerns over the environmental impact.
A group of leading Jamaican economists agreed last week that a pegged exchange rate could lend to stability in the island's economy but mostly held that the more fundamental inhibitor to growth has been fiscal indiscipline: the habit of governments...
While saying for weeks that some commodity-rich Latin American economies such as Brazil could overheat, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has no such fears for the Caribbean, the pace of whose recovery is somewhat muted....
Keith Senior, general manager of JN Fund Managers, has proposed that the central bank of Jamaica imposes reserves on loans as a way to solve problems arising from increasing aggregate demand while also imploring political leaders to run the country...
A young entrepreneur who recently opened a clothing store in one of Kingston's busy plazas says his big, nerve-wracking business headache usually comes at Customs.
Jake's Holdings Limited, a collection of villas, cottages and restaurants in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth was selected for the NCB Nation Builder Award.
Radio Jamaica Limited is forecasting a drop in advertising revenue in the period ahead but hopes to offset it by containing expenses. But group managing director of the communications company...
A severe cut in the farm-gate price paid by local processors to coffee farmers, to less than half the 2008 level, now has growers hopping mad and insisting that the agriculture ministry step in to do something...
A chronic shortage in used-car spare parts is hobbling the auto trade in Jamaica, with some dealers confirming they have stopped selling used parts, shifting instead to stocking for new vehicles only.
Michael Bernard, managing director of cigarette distributor Carreras Limited, is retiring in December after 22 years, five of them spent running the company. But at 53 years old, he has no plans to fade away.
Flow Jamaica has thrown down the gauntlet to Digicel Jamaica and others in the wireless broadband market with free upgrades for existing clients from speeds of 8 megabytes per second to 12 Mbps and from 15Mbps to as much as 20 Mbps....
Bruce Bowen, president and chief executive officer of Scotia Group Jamaica, is conceding that the financial sector has failed to properly arm consumers with the available information on bank charges for them to make more informed decisions.
Chrysler is recalling about 26,000 cars and pickup trucks because power-steering fluid can leak on to a hot engine and cause a fire. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says on its website that the recall includes some 2010 models...
Delta Air Lines Inc said on Wednesday it posted a profit in the third quarter and expects to repeat that in the last three months of the year, as the global travel recovery is driven by international growth.Delta, the leading US carrier to Asia, made 54...
The range of instruments that can be tendered in Jamaica as collateral remains unacceptably narrow - primarily buildings, real estate and late-model automobiles.
Caribbean Cement Company Ltd has reduced the ex-factory price of its 42.5 kg bag of cement by 7.5 per cent, following the damage inflicted on the country's infrastructure by tropical depression number 16, which was later upgraded to Tropical Storm...
Originally, Trade Winds Citrus lands were planted out primarily in sugar cane, although the company was not a sugar producer. Keen observers of global trends, the company took note of Florida's difficulties with the freeze of 1983 and 1985...
Morgan Stanley became the latest investment bank to report weaker results on Wednesday from a trading slowdown during the summer. The New York-based bank reported a net loss during the third quarter as revenue fell 20 per cent and because of some special...
Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust has increased its shareholdings in its investment and property subsidiary First Jamaica Investments Limited (FJI) with the purchase of some 20.826 million shares from a pool held by Sagicor...
Dolphin Cove, the marine attraction run by Stafford Burrowes, is soon to go public. "The future of the [tourism] industry is extremely exciting and we intend to raise additional equity financing for the company...
The High Court has struck out the defence of talk-show host Junior Bacchus and BDS Limited, owners of Nice Radio, in a defamation case brought against them by St Vincent Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves. The judgement stems from statements Bacchus made...
Andrea Coy, who oversaw the expansion of the GraceKennedy subsidiary Hi-Lo Food Stores in the last 24 months, has been shifted to a new job as general manager of the conglomerate's World...
A group of India's largest microfinance institutions filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block strict new regulations laid down by the state of Andhra Pradesh - a crucial market for small loans - after reports that high...
For many, the Continental Baking Company is affectionately called 'National'. Although the parent company is National Continental Corporation, and National is one of its six brands, it is not quite clear where the name...
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