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German lawmakers on Friday approved their country's share of the massive rescue deal to save the euro and contain the debt crisis, as European Union (EU) finance ministers gathered in Brussels to create new budget rules to win back financial markets'...

Nothing illustrates better the contradictions between economic globalisation and the relative powerlessness of states than the struggle under way to stave off the collapse of the euro and economic instability.

Sincere apologies to Portuguese, Italian, Irish, Greek and Spanish nationals: you are no PIIGS. My May 14 column was altered.

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) said Thursday that three sectors of the economy grew in the first calendar quarter, but the performance of agriculture, tourism, and electricity and water were insufficient...

The case brought by Paymaster Jamaica Limited against Grace Kennedy Remittance Services Limited (GKRS) and Paul Lowe raised legal issues not frequently dealt with in our court system and has now...

Jamaica is yet to deliver all the raw sugar promised to Eridania Suisse SA, but has already paid back the funds seeded by the European trader and refiner and booked a profit from the monies collected on shipments to date....

Venezuelan regulators have taken over management at 31 brokerage companies while investigating what they say may be illegal currency-trading practices, as well as money-laundering and management problems ...

Guyana is talking with one of China's largest telecommunication suppliers as it finalises a plan to provide cheaper Internet access and provide connection in rural areas.

Jamaica has faced its first test by its multilateral creditors with relative ease and is to be rewarded with a drawdown of special drawing rights of 63.7 million or 23.3 per cent of quota, equivalent to about J$8.649...

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it expects regional economies, which were adversely affected by the global recession in 2009, will begin to show real signs of recovery next year.'In 2010, growth is expected to return to some of the global...

With the price of gold internationally at more than US$1,200 per ounce and the precious metal fetching between J$12,000 and J$14,000 per ounce on the local market, Steve Khemlani, the managing director of the Jewelerama and Khemlani group of companies...