$3b
country club - Selective Homes chooses Negril for next venture November 20, 2009 -
Developer Robert Cartade has selected Negril for his next real
estate venture but is carefully scoping out the market before finalising
the plans for what, at this stage, is a $3-billion estate with homes targeted
at hotel executives, professionals and foreign buyers.
Scotia economist sees turnaround for Jamaicans next year November 20, 2009 - Dr Warren Jestin, chief economist and senior vice president of
Scotiabank International, says the Jamaican economy could begin to see
green shoots in a matter of months, as its super trading partners shrug
off their recession, but said its recovery would be slow.
OUR
signals policy shift on portability November 20, 2009 - Mobile number port-ability was not, up to a few months ago,
in the immediate plans of the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR)
but is now a priority issue, as Jamaica prepares to apply to the
North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for a new batch of codes.
One of the interesting aspects of the public discussions about
the process involved in reaching an agreement with the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) for a US$1.2 billion two-year standby agreement,
is that there seems to be an implicit assumption on the part of
some commentators that when the agreement is signed and the IMF
releases the funds to Jamaica, then the monies will be available
for use as government budgetary support.
It was predictable. United States president Barack Obama would
visit with his counterpart, Hu Jintao at home, in China. They would
issue separate statements rather than a joint communiqué.
Trade and the economy would loom large while climate change, human
rights, Tibet and the Dalai Lama might get a brief mention.
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Central
bank expects added financial burden from CLICO fallout November 20, 2009 - Governor of the Cen-tral Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Ewart Williams
sees losses to pensioners and policyholders and additional burdens on
regional governments from the fallout of the CLICO and British American
Insurance Company (BAICO) collapse, which he described as a costly failure.
AIC
equity fund invests in condo complex November 13, 2009 - Michael Lee Chin's Caribbean equity fund has closed a US$35- million
acquisition deal for part ownership of a condominium complex under construction
in Dominican Republic, a month after AIC executives said an announcement
was pending.
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Wi-Fi for travellers becomes web
marketing lure November
13, 2009 -
Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, competitors on the Web, all
have the same idea for marketing themselves this holiday season: temporarily
providing free Wi-Fi access in airports, airplanes and public places.
Fed
to hold rates low for 'extended' period November
06, 2009 -
THE UNITED States Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to keep a
key interest rate at a record low for an "extended period",
signalling that the weak economy remains dependent on government help
to grow.