'A $115m price tag on Issa Trust'
THE DEAL to acquire Issa Trust and Merchant Bank has a minimum value of $115 million, Dehring, Bunting & Golding, chairman and chief executive officer, Peter Bunting, announced on Tuesday.

Three bid on Teleservices
REX JAMES, president of the National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ), has announced plans to sell the call centre operation...

JMMB profits soar with 64% increase
THE KEITH and Donna Duncan-led Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), which went public six months ago, has recorded impressive results in all its key indicators...

Ja offers great online portals to e-highway
WITH LIMITED and sometimes non-existent support from the Jamaican Government, it is quite impressive, as a Jamaican, to observe the strides that we have made in building online communities...

Insure your house against hurricanes
QUESTION: I live near Ewarton. My wife and I own an eight-year-old, three-bedroom, split-level house. Its walls are made of concrete blocks. The roof is built with clay tiles on a wooden deck.

Downgrade sugar now
I READ with some degree of sadness a report that the Government plans to pump $6.3 billion into the sugar industry. The aim of this injection, the report said, is to help stimulate growth in the sector.

CGR to acquire Creative Projects
CGR COMMUNICATIONS, one of the leading advertising agencies in Jamaica, will be acquiring Creative Projects, a well-known public relations agency for an undisclosed sum.

Balance of payments gap widens
THE CURRENT account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$89.4 million in December 2002, relative to the deficit of US$47.8 million recorded in December 2001.