JSE clears Broilers
The Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) has been cleared of any impropriety by the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), arising from the trading of shares by company directors and senior managers days before the market knew of pending...
Golding's Honey Crust bakery relocates - Makes room for KFC
Local franchise holder of KFC, Restaurants of Jamaica has acquired the building in Old Harbour Square, St. Catherine which housed the indigenous family pastry business, Honey Crust Bakery.
Wehby commits to fiscal control
Don Wehby, Minister without Portfolio in the Finance Ministry, has personally committed to reining in public spending, saying in his first interview about his new job that the finance team was determined to achieve...
Big bank narrows market gap
National Commercial Bank (NCB) has narrowed the gap with main competitor Bank of Nova Scotia, having snagged more than $10 billion more in loans over a one-year period to June 2007.That performance signaled a 25 per cent...
JMMB considering commercial bank launch - Pan Caribbean sets early 2008 timetable for entry
Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited (JMMB) plans to launch a commercial bank in Jamaica, but says a final decision rests on the results of a demand study under way."The study has being running for about...
The gloves are off - Europe dismisses sugar, insults tourism ahead of 'make-or-break' trade talks
Sugar producers of the Caribbean are angry at the European Commission/EU for throwing out the long-standing protocol under which regional farmers supplied raw sugar to Europe's refineries, calling it a slap in the face and...
Shaw avoids fiscal report in maiden appearance - Signals 6-10% growth target
The new Jamaica Labour Party government will craft its policies around projected growth of 6-10 per cent per annum, Finance Minister Audley Shaw signalled in Parliament this week.Shaw, whose speech avoided any report on the true status of the country's...
The big idea: lawmakers at National Heroes Circle
Two current issues make the case for the benefits of the big idea.They are the need for new Houses of Parliament and remuneration for workers providing the so-called social services - nurses, teachers and not to mention the police.
Inflation shoots above 7% under revised commodities basket - New classification gives better economic reading - Hughes
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin) has revised the inflation numbers year to date, which shows calendar inflation running at 7.1 per cent to the end of August, compared to 5.6 per cent in the 2006 period.
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