CEP takes stake in Salada Foods
CARIBBEAN Equity Partners (CEP) is believed to have taken a significant stake in Salada Foods following a recent rights issue to raise $48 million to fund the instant coffee company's debt and expansion plans.

Guardian's third quarter results up
NAZIR Ahamad, group chairman of Guardian Holdings Limited, the parent company of Guardian Jamaica, has reported that profit attributable to shareholders, for the third quarter of 2002, has amounted to TT$135 million...

All clear, Air Jamaica - 'Open skies' pact secures more airspace for national carrier
JAMAICA has signed a new bilateral air pact with the United States that now opens the super trader's international gateways fully to the national carrier, Air Jamaica, superseding a 24-year-old agreement that had limited entry to 10 points.

Ja wants bigger share of US$1.4 trillion trade cake
DIVERSIFICATION and concentration on higher value-added services are areas of top priority as Jamaica prepares to become an International Business Centre (IBC), said Aloun N'dombet Assamba, the new Minister of Tourism and Industry...

ScotiaMINT asserts its dominance
SCOTIAMINT, the flagship product of Scotia Jamaica Life Insurance Company (SJLIC), in just over four years has overtaken its main rival and now dominates the market for insurance-based savings products, with LICA statistics indicating a 34 per cent Gross.

What you should know about the GCT - Part 1
PERSONS continue to suffer penalties and interest and as a result have had to spend large sums of money due to ignorance of the provisions of the General Consumption Tax (GCT) Act or through sheer negligence.

Coping with economic challenges
WITH the election out of the way, the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) recently gave a signal that it is ready to cope with the challenges facing the economy. Specifically, the Bank reduced its 120 and 180 day REPO instruments by 100 basis points...

Getting to the Roots - The Doha Development Agenda
THE Doha Development Agenda of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is described as an important new negotiating mandate that the world was given in 2001. It is, in essence, a far-reaching set of international trade negotiations...

Computer education vs old-time teaching
THE Ministry of Education, along with the Technology Minister, has been on a drive to get a computer in each public school in Jamaica.

Massive growth in Jamaica's capital formation
DOMESTIC capital formation has grown significantly over the past five years, moving from J$77 billion in 1997 to J$107.7 billion in 2001, an increase of 39.9 per cent.