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GraceKennedy Limited will this year be pushing locally a low-cost food brand, Caribbean Choice, that was formerly sold only in the company's overseas markets.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange was cautious but undeterred by the raging gunfire across downtown Kingston, from where it operates, but investors were not too keen on trading wealth on Tuesday, leading to a narrow 222 point or .026 per cent slide of the main market index.

Flow Jamaica has tried different strategies to entice subscription to its HBO Caribbean package.

Studies by Jamaican re-searchers indicate that where land is already owned, the farming of lemon grass can yield almost four times the investment in a crop now in high demand from the market that prizes healthy eating and wellness.

Paul Lalor has been elected president of the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ), succeeding Jacqueline Sharp, whose tenure ended in April.

Question: I was recently made redundant and have been unemployed for a month now.

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....