Davis, Tyndall partners in consulting firm
They were two of the most powerful civil servants to walk the corridors of power this decade, and now they have teamed up as consultants to go after business in areas where their skills have been honed in government service.Dr Carlton Davis and Shirley...
Harmony Cove will find capital, says Hylton
Chairman of Harmonisation Limited, handlers of the Harmony Cove luxury resort project, Patrick Hylton, is upbeat about financing for the US$2 billion project in the face of a global downturn, saying the project won't need to tap the browbeaten capital...
US$10m 'ease the credit crunch' window for businesses
Jamaican manufacturers said Wednesday that a US$10 million financing window opened for businesses was a welcome ease on tightened credit. JMA president Omar Azan also said that the loan terms were attractive...
H&L planning holiday blitz to rescue profits
Hardware and Lumber Limited is projecting that its markets will continue to soften into the high shopping season, but says it will ratchet up its marketing campaign to "stimulate consumer interest" over the Christmas and New Year holidays, traditionally...
Two investors want in on Jamaica's march towards coal
The Government's move towards coal as a source of energy has attracted interest from at least two sources, including the Chinese who are scouting investment opportunities in coal-powered co-generation facilities in Jamaica. Energy Minister Clive Mullings...
Junior stock market steers toward early 2009 roll-out
Marlene Street-Forrest, general manager of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), has been selected by Senator Don Wehby to head a steering committee tasked to implement a junior stock market, the Finance Ministry said Thursday...
Mayberry posts big 3Q profit - But adopts conservative outlook
Mayberry Investment Limited has reported a significant improvement in its unaudited financial results for the nine-month period ended September 2008, amassing net profit totalling $766 million, more than four times what the company generated for the same period...
The foreign trade policies of Obama vs McCain - How will they affect Jamaica?
In what has been dubbed the most electrifying campaign of this century to elect the 44th American president, fierce battle lines are drawn between the charismatic agent for 'change', Barack Obama, and the 'maverick' war veteran, John McCain...
Commentary - Competing for the hearts of world populations through barter
It seems such a long time ago I started penning this note on China's quest for raw materials to keep its 10 per cent growth machine running.It was during the Olympics that controversial reports of China concluding one-sided deals for minerals in Africa surfaced...
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