Banks go on the offensive on lending rates
MEMBERS OF the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) and the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) are saying enough is enough and it is time for the excessive interest rates spread in commercial banks to begin to narrow faster.
Shell Ja's operations to be sold
IT NOW transpires that integrated oil company Shell Jamaican operations is to be sold, for the sum of around US$100 million, the Financial Gleaner understands.
The Dyoll debacle - Who, where, when and how Part I
AS MINORITY shareholders of the Dyoll group of companies express a need for more information on the present state of the insurance company and plans for its future, acting chairman for the group, Mr. Peter Lawson, spoke with the Financial Gleaner...
Maximising expenditure returns
LAST THURSDAY the Finance Minister tabled the 2005/6 expenditure estimates. There were positive reports that the budget is only four per cent above last year...
Ja will be Carib's telecoms capital Paulwell
JAMAICA'S GROWING telecommunications infrastructure will enable the country to become the Caribbean centre for both investment and information and communication technology (ICT), said Phillip Paulwell...
A good year for Gleaner
DB&G'S WINNER'S EDGE The first quarter survey of local business and consumer confidence showed a record level of business confidence and favourable consumer confidence derived from recent declines in inflation and interest rates...
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