Business

What can be done in your company to conduct fewer meetings of shorter length but higher quality?The fact is, bad ones take up precious collective time, diverting attention away from other activities. Most complain that they represent a significant...

Cheapskates and low spenders aren't the ideal credit card customers for banks because they're typically not as profitable as fast-swiping spendthrifts who rack up finance charges. Still, banks offer credit cards with features that can fit well into...

QUESTION:I am 26 years old. I have been working since October 2012. I was browsing the Internet checking to see if I could get advice and guidance on how to qualify for an NHT loan to own a home in Jamaica when I found an article that you wrote in...

Americans love acronyms, everything from SCUBA to FUBAR to YOLO. Our vernacular is full of silly initials.A little more than a decade ago, one acronym almost brought our financial system to its knees. Known as, NINJA loans, it...

The fight for local cement market share is about to get more intense.That's if the Haiti-based Gilbert Bigio Group, GB, follows through on a plan to build out a stronger footprint in Jamaica by...

Less than two months before President Enrique Pena Nieto leaves offices his administration is seeking to shield itself from a corruption investigation that has the potential to sweep up federal...

A protest by tens of thousands of people across Haiti turned violent Wednesday as anger grows over the alleged misuse of funds from an oil assistance programme sponsored by Venezuela.Gunshots rang out while protesters threw rocks, blocked roads and...

QUESTION: I recently started a part-time enterprise after a redundancy at my former workplace. I took a little less than two years to do so. I had been working 21 years at my previous employment. I decided to go back into the employment market, and...

German law enforcement authorities added another chapter to Volkswagen's diesel scandal Tuesday by fining the company's luxury division Audi €800 million (US$925 million) for selling cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests.Prosecutors in Munich...