Christopher Zacca, as the sole candidate for president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), will likely land the position notwithstanding one technicality - he has not yet met all the qualifying...

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has revealed that, in a market of 22 operators, only about half of the bottlers of coconut water are registered by the agency.The others reportedly ignore the requirement...

The ATL Group is days away from launching its expanded auto parts and technical training centre in Kingston.Adam Stewart, chief executive officer of the group, said Monday that the company is investing approximately J$630...

Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has defended the decision of his administration to invest EC$8 million (US$2.96 million) in the cash-strapped regional airline LIAT.Skerrit said the airline has been working with the government to facilitate...

Caribbean stocks offered investors some slight relief from the losses for the year, as they staged a slight rally with the major indices closing the week higher...

The Guyanese government has signed an agreement with Anadarko Guyana Company to explore for oil inside the country's exclusive economic zone (ECZ)...

The United States Department of Justice has confirmed that Laura Pendergest-Holt, the former chief investment officer for jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford, has pleaded guilty to obstructing a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

Crude oil prices wavered Tuesday but finished marginally higher in a late trading reversal as European leaders prepared to discuss a slate of proposals to stabilise the region's economy.Benchmark US crude added 15 cents to end the day at US$79.36 per...

Under pressure to limit contagion from the British phone-hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said Tuesday that it is considering splitting into two publicly traded companies. The media conglomerate did not specify Tuesday which businesses each...

The United States government has sued Wyndham Worldwide Corp over allegations that it failed to protect consumers' credit card data.The Federal Trade Commission said the hotel company suffered three data breaches from 2008 through 2010 that compromised...

Top European officials have called on countries that use the euro to surrender more control over their national budgets, a move apparently aimed at easing Germany's fears of sharing debt burdens with struggling governments like Spain or Italy....