Kia Motors Jamaica has put over $300 million into a parts department and acquisition of new inventory, but says the business it hopes will flow from the investment is threatened by Government's 'draconian' industry tax.

This is a good time of year to do a financial check-up to see where you are in relation to the goals you set late last year and put into effect at the beginning of this year.

Anyone who has run in a few road races here in Jamaica will tell you this: there are a lot of spectators who will shout that you are stupid, crazy, mad to be running around the road in the hot sun.

Question: I was involved in an accident on February 16 this year.

Genevieve Blake, the 50-something owner of the Kim Sue Dean house of design (KSD), dropped out of school twice but has been cushioned by an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for fashion that has become her support.

Recent developments in Europe and North America, involving Barclays Bank and others in the manipulation of Libor rates, are truly shocking.

CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has cautioned the Jamaican and other regional governments not to be casual in their approach to addressing Europe's demand to reduce customs duties on goods imported from that territory.

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