BD&G/Issa Trust merger to be completed next month
THE merger of Dehring Bunting & Golding (DB&G) with Issa Trust & Merchant Bank (ITMB) is expected to be concluded within another month, according to Garfield Sinclair, president of the investment banking firm.

C&W and Digicel lace gloves in interconnectivity fight
THE war for entry in mobile services in the Eastern Caribbean, involving Cable & Wireless (C&W) and its biggest Jamaican rival Digicel, continued yesterday with each company blaming the other for delaying the competition...

Accounting for financial instruments - Part 11
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) has adopted International Accounting Standards (IAS), now termed International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)...

Berger paints best ever results
BERGER Jamaica has maintained steady growth in critical performance indices throughout the first nine months of the current year, making the 2002 to-date results the best ever in the company's 49-year history.

GCT tips for you (Part II)
The following is Part 2 of a series aimed at sensitising individuals about some of the pitfalls in applying the General Consumption Tax (GCT), thereby assisting in reducing their exposure to interest and penalties under the Act.

Small businesses look to viable credit bureau
THE Minister for Tourism and Industry, Aloun Assamba, was the special guest at a forum hosted by the president of Development Options, Maureen Webber, earlier this week...

Drums beat for integration - Caribbean airlines urged to unite
THE financial difficulties of the Trinidad-based airline BWIA will probably provide the spur for the creation of a single regional airline, according to a 'CMS Feature' by Peter Richards, carried by Caribbean Media Corporation...

St Clair Shirley newest member on Kingston Wharves Board
CHAIRMAN of Kingston Wharves, A. Rafael Diaz, has announced the appointment of St. Clair Shirley, C.D., J.P., as an independent external director to the company's board of directors.

Brenda Cuthbert is GM of COK
BRENDA Cuthbert is now the general manager of the City of Kingston Co-operative Credit Union (COK).

Security for costs - a safeguard to defendants
TIME is money. Nowhere else is the truth of this old adage more eminently reflected than in the business sector.

New publications by International Federation of Accountants
TO address the increasing number of complex accounting pronouncements containing measurement and disclosure provisions based on fair value, the International Federation of Accountants' (IFAC's) International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB).

'Muscle up for globalisation'
DRAMATIC changes in the local and international environment, ushered in primarily by the process of globalisation, demand that Jamaicans must adopt new approaches to doing business...