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OPPOSITION LEADER Portia Simpson Miller is clamouring for a more inclusive approach by the Golding administration to achieving economic growth and job creation, which she indicated had eluded the Government to date.

The St Ann Chamber of Commerce has emerged top chamber for 2009, the fifth time the parish is receiving the honour since it first won the award in 2001....

The following are excerpts from Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett's contribution to the 2010-2011 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives last Wednesday.Mr Speaker, I address this Honourable House against the background of a global economic...

Unlike traditional electric meters that merely record power use - and then must be read in person once a month by a meter reader - smart meters measure consumption in real time.By being networked to computers in electric utilities, the new meters can...

Confidence in the economy plunged in the quarter, but the concern about the lack of jobs and waning spending power was not enough to dampen the holidaying spirit.Vacation plans saw an uptick in the Jamaica Conference Board's Q1 Consumer Confidence...

Jamaica Used Car Dealers' Association (JUCDA) has forged a partnership with the The Jamaica International Insurance Company (JIIC) that will give buyers of their cars a discount on insurance, plus other niceties, to drive business for both parties.The...

NEW YORK (AP):Prices for Friday quoted in US dollars:Metal prices fell sharply Friday after investors cut their exposure to risky assets.The pullback was broad-based across commodities and stocks following news that federal regulators filed civil fraud...

Question: I own a 2005 Toyota Passo. I bought it in July 2009. An insurer-approved valuator assessed its value at $1.05 million. I paid a premium of $72,000 based on that value. On January 5, 2010, the car was involved in an accident. It was declared a total loss.

THE SENATE yesterday passed the credit reporting bill setting the stage for the establishment of a credit bureau in Jamaica. The bill, which sets out strict guidelines as to how the information is to be treated, proposes tough penalties for the misuse of information or the disclosure of false information.

GraceKennedy Limited made US$12.3 billion from the sale of investments, which a top executive said Thursday was from the disposal of government bonds and other securities last year.But group Chief Operating Officer Don Wehby sidestepped comment...

Disparate treatment was meted out by FINSAC to investors and principals in the sector.In my situation, the Government not only stripped me of all assets that were in any way connected to any Eagle enterprise but also my personal assets having no...

Cable and Wireless Communications Plc has vowed to recover legal costs incurred over three years of fighting a lawsuit brought by Digicel Group in the United Kingdom that claimed the former monopoly erected barriers to its entry into seven Caribbean...