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If 1989 saw the end of the 'Second World' with communism's demise, then 2009 saw the end of what was known as the 'Third World'. We are now in a new, fast-evolving multipolar world economy - where north and south, east and west, are now points on a compass, not economic destinies.

Thousand of mourners gathered at the St Andrew Parish Church, Half-Way Tree, yesterday to remember the impeccable work of financial expert and businessman Roy Collister.

University professor Alvin Wint has been selected to chair the commission which will conduct an enquiry into the sugar industry. He will be supported by fellow commissioners Marjorie Henriques, a former director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, and accountant Wilfred Bagaloo.

At least three Jamaican exporters of perishables to the European market are now looking for local buyers of produce held hostage the ash-spewing volcano in Iceland.

CARICOM, at the request of its Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), is overseeing the compilation of agriculture production and demand inside the Caribbean bloc.Jamaica's Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of...

Dr Damien King, economist and senior research fellow at think tank Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), has concluded that the Jamaica bond exchange programme (the JDX) will...

The world's banks could be spared billions in losses thanks to a global economy that is recovering from the financial meltdown more quickly than initially expected.

Britain's financial regulator launched a full-blown investigation into Goldman Sachs International on Tuesday, after United States authorities filed civil fraud charges against its parent bank.The announcement from the...

The staff of a daily newspaper owned by jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford is still putting out the paper despite an announcement that it would close, an editor said Monday.Employees of the Antigua Sun returned without pay because they want to keep...

As airline losses from the volcanic ash cloud spiralled over US$1 billion on Monday, the industry demanded European Union (EU) compensation and criticised European governments for relying too much on scientific theory - not fact - in their decisions to shut down airspace across the continent.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange has launched an e-learning campus that will allow professionals to gain a post-graduate diploma in financial management as part of the exchange thrust to promoting financial literacy and product diversification....

Tourism officials were ecstatic last Thursday after getting word that Jamaica has been selected to host Caribbean Marketplace 2011, widely regarded as the biggest tourism event in the region."This fits in perfectly with our strategy to grow tourism in...