Overseas Jamaicans shy frominvesting at home
PRESENTLY, some 2.5 million Jamaicans and their descendants live abroad, last year remitting $1.6 billion to the island. But there are many who still hestitate to invest in the island due to painful memories of several stunning financial failures.
Island Grill heads for Barbados
ONE OF the most guarded secrets in Barbados is the level of revenue generated within the local fast food sector ... All of this comes in the wake of plans by Island Grill, a Jamaican fast food franchise to open an outlet in Barbados...
Business information centres to cover island
THE JAMAICA Business Development Centre (JBDC) is moving to establish business information centres across the island as part of efforts to expand its businessdevelopment services.
Commentary - Companies must grow to survive, experts say
IT IS companies not countries that trade and invest. This truism lies at the heart of understanding what it will take to make the Caribbean single economy happen. It is a lesson that Europe learnt many years ago.
P A Benjamin builds export base
ONE WOULD never have imagined that the medicinal practices of a brilliant young Jamaican chemist could rival leading pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies across the globe.
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