JAMPRO has relaunched its fast track facility for exporters to access documentation from multiple agencies at a single location.It extends to services provided by the Trade Board, Jamaica Customs Department, Bureau of Standards, Companies Office ...

Lingering speculation about the date of the next general elections could add to uncertainty already caused by the delay in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reviews of Jamaica's medium-term economic programme, according to central bank governor...

Lasco Financial Services Limited (LASF), formerly a sleepy junior stock, has gained nearly 100 per cent in price over two weeks to match its 100 per cent jump in profits.Investors who bought the stock at J$3 in late...

Jamaica's export sector lacks capacity to produce in consistent volumes and quality as global markets demand.The production gap is deep enough that Industry Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says as many as 327 different initiatives are under consideration...

William Mahfood, the managing director of the Wisynco Group, has shed his portfolio responsibility for marketing as the beverage company restructures.Mahfood will instead focus on the long-term development of the group...

Jamaican-born businessman and entertainer Levi Roots has signed with local distributor Outrigger and partnered with the Progressive Group's supermarket chains to sell his sauces and drinks here....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has landed a tough job.

It is interesting to see that our Trinidadian friends will be coming to look at our junior market with a view to implement their own version.One of our big challenges as Jamaicans is that we do not innovate enough.

In a column two weeks ago 'Private-sector austerity', I referred to data from the United States Census Bureau showing that after-tax profits in the American manufacturing sector have rebounded since 2010 to the point where in second-quarter 2011 they...

THE EDITOR, Sir:The feature article titled 'Pedestrians only! Yap sees waterfront as oasis of culture', published November 9, 2011 has made certain statements which totally and grossly misrepresented what I said in a speech which I gave at the Jamaica...

Montego Freeport Limited (MFL) says it will handle the sale of the four land parcels it still owns, and would continue to operate until the properties are sold...

Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide, mostly in the United States, for problems that could make it harder to steer...

The European Union warned Thursday that the 17-country Eurozone could slip into "a deep and prolonged recession" next year as the debt crisis shows alarming signs of spinning out of control...

Market pressure on Italy eased somewhat Thursday after the president vowed to accelerate reforms to make way for Premier Silvio Berlusconi's resignation as early as this weekend and a bond sale went better than expected.President Giorgio Napolitano...