While many individuals and sectors are welcoming the strengthening of the Jamaican dollar against major currencies in recent months, the development is proving to be worrying for producers whose businesses rely on overseas trade.
Susie's Fine Baked Goods Limited in Kingston was formed 15 years ago when Susan Hanna began baking cookies, cupcakes and brownies from her home kitchen and selling to supermarkets and cafeterias with the assistance of husband, Raymond Hanna.
LIME Jamaica will be pumping US$35-40 million into upgrading its mobile network in Montego Bay, a plan that will extend 3G coverage to the city, country manager Geoff Houston announced Thursday.
Digicel Jamaica is now quietly selecting individuals to test the performance of its new 4G WiMAX network, which well-placed sources say will come to market two months behind deadline.
BP shares fell more than five per cent in New York on Friday to a 14-year low, as the costs rise for containing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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As the region prepares for the 31st meeting of heads of government, it is clear that despite sporadic rhetoric to the contrary, pan-Caribbean integration is stagnating and that weak or no economic growth threatens what little unity is left.
The body that regulates whaling was ending its annual meeting Friday with no decision on whether to authorise limited hunting for profit to curb unrestrained killing in the Earth's most sensitive oceans.
Taking its call to the business community in western Jamaica, the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is again urging reform of what it has claimed is Jamaica's complex and unfair tax system.
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer has rejected claims that this country's Ambassador to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Anthony Liverpool, has accepted bribes from pro-whaling Japanese interests.
Regional banking group First Caribbean has appointed Nigel Holness as replacement for Clovis Metcalfe to run its Jamaican operations.
Despite signs of continued economic improvements, as evidenced by the recent release of some key economic and financial data, the performance of the equities market to date may appear, to some, to be lagging by comparison.
The iPhone 4 has arrived, but for some people the wait continues as Apple sprints to keep up with fierce demand for its latest gadget.
An online red-light district could soon flourish under a new .xxx Internet address which backers say could help computers filter porn sites.