Patrick Hylton, Ravi Rambarran headed for NCB
PATRICK HYLTON, who was instrumental in rehabilitating Jamaica's financial sector following the meltdown of the 1990s, appears to be headed for the National Commercial Bank (NCB)...

Ernst & Young rewarding top entrepreneurs
ERNST & YOUNG has launched its 2003 Caribbean Entrepreneur of the Year programme.

Consequences of a car accident while using a cell phone
Question: I am the sales manager of a well-known consumer goods company. Our reps operate across the island. We give them cell phones to keep in touch with the office.

Lending profitably to agriculture
LAST WEEK I mentioned that there were three basic things that must be done for there to be any progress in the agriculture sector.

Guardian boosts insurance presence
PETER GANTEAUME, chief executive of Guardian Holdings, has announced the acquisition of Fatum Holding NV in a move that has widened his company's insurance business as well as its reach across the Caribbean.

Lending small is good business
IN THE three years that the Government-financed MicroFin programme has been operational, the fund has facilitated 11,200 loans to micro enterprises that had little opportunity otherwise of tapping into commercial credit.

Rebuild Jubilee Market - Chamber of Commerce
THE JAMAICA Chamber of Commerce (JCC) says it will work with vendors' organisations in lobbying for the Jubilee Market to be rebuilt.

'Palm Pilots', personal digital assistants at your finger tip
PERSONAL DIGITAL Assistants, those clever little hand held jobbies we tend to call 'Palm Pilots' even when they're not, are the latest symbol of our Cyberian citizenship.

Local television claws back market share
LOCAL TELEVISION stations have pulled back a significant number of the viewers they lost to cable in 2000.