Listed conglomerate GraceKennedy is reporting brisk profit growth for the 12 months ending December 2009, finishing the period with a net profit of $2.7 billion, $709.5 million of which was garnered in the fourth quarter.

The year 1938 is significant for Frome, Westmoreland, not only because it was the year worker unrest started on a sugar estate in that western area of the country, fomented...

Jamaica National Building Society (JN) is hoping to see a growth in several of its markets this year, particularly in remittances, its boss, Earl Jarrett, has said. During a recent...

Trinidad-based conglomerate Ansa McAl, which lists its assets at more than US$1 billion or J$89.75 billion, is seeking to broaden its presence as part of its latest profit push, enlisting local building mate-rial suppliers, Quality Dealers Group...

TORONTO (AP):Canada is tightening mortgage lending rules as historic low rates are raising fears of a potential housing bubble, the country's finance minister said Tuesday.Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said there is no compelling evidence of a bubble...

ST JOHN'S Antigua (CMC):The Antigua and Barbuda government has signalled its intention to shed state-owned entities, with the signing of a deal for an international broker to lead the process to divest State Insurance Corporation (SIC).The Baldwin...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP):Victims of the global fraud alleg Allen Stanford have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, five regional financial institutions and the government of Antigua and Barbudaedly run by fallen financier R.

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Michigan (AP):The year-old federal Recovery Act that has pumped billions in stimulus dollars into economically devastated states such as Michigan is working well, Vice President Joe...

IF you have received a scholarship to complete career training, you might have been bonded to work in the island for a number of years.The bonding policy of the Government of Jamaica applies to those who have received assistance through the Government...