Production at Cuba's sugar plants has been hit hard this year by inefficiency, a spate of breakdowns and other technical problems, state-media reported, adding to sobering news for the island's economy.Breakdowns and other interruptions have idled...
Maritime and Transport Services Limited, local representatives for Maersk Line, has received the Praetorian Award for more than 40 years of unbroken membership with the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC)....
On Wednesday, March 17, LIME staff who volunteer for community projects will be given time off from work to participate in outreach, dubbed 'kindness day' by the company.The project will be played out across LIME Caribbean's 13 regional markets....
Q.I am a single parent in desperate need of a raise of pay. My only son is in second year in a United States college and I am finding it hard to make two ends meet.
Oftentimes when there is job loss, it can feel like one of the most devastating things to happen to you, because you lose your means of earning to support yourself and your family.
Palmyra Resort and Spa's developer Robert Trotta may be one of the world's premier resort development builders, but he had a Plan B just in case."I would probably...
DEPUTY GROUP president of the Capital and Credit Financial Group, Curtis Martin, had some words of encouragement for a group of sixth-form students at his alma mater, Kingston College, recently.During the visit, geared towards the senior students...
Question: My first insurance claim, a total loss, is now being processed by my insurer. The car was destroyed by fire. It was comprehensively insured for $500,000. When the fire occurred, I was earning 60 per cent no-claims discount. Will I lose the entire discount as result of the claim? Is this the usual practice in the industry?
Representatives of the companies that were selected as the best in their categories by the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) are seen here posing with their 'Best of Chamber' awards.
With commercial banks having either upped their transaction fees or having signalled their intention to do so, the country's two stand-alone building societies, in a bid to pull business from the banks, are highlighting some services they still offer for free.
As March 15 looms, self-employed professionals are busy engaging accountants to complete their tax returns to meet the statutory deadline. These accountants will undoub-tedly be combing through the various expenses of these professionals to maximise the tax allowance.
The GraceKennedy group has spent $120 million on outfitting a new home for its financial and insurance subsidiaries in Montego Bay, whose operations have now shifted to the Fairview complex from downtown the city.
Kevin Richards is a name familiar in finance and investment circles, but he has chosen to leave the comfort of his desk as an employee, and the profession at which he has excelled, to launch his own business as home-improvement specialist.
QUESTION: Are wills made in Canada valid in Jamaica? And, can property be divided in a will? for example, if a property has a house and an open land and the owner wishes to leave the house for one child and the open land for another - can this be done?
Faced with an exorbitant monthly electricity bill, the Portland Parish Council will, in another week, terminate electricity at the Musgrave Market in Port Antonio.
MANDEVILLE, Manchester:James Robertson, minister of energy and mining, will, on Wednesday, break ground for the US$49-million Wigton Wind Farm expansion project in Manchester.The project will include the...
Blue Power Limited is reporting an uptick in sales overseas for its proprietory soap products, even as Managing Director Dhiru Tanna hunts for cash to position the company to sell more products abroad.Tanna is getting ready...
Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited (JMMB) last year opted not to increase salaries in a period of restructuring and cost containment, but weeks to the close of its financial year has decided to reward workers with a distribution of 23 million units...
Jones resigns D&G seat - Andrew Jones, a Diageo veteran for 23 years, has demitted his seat on the board of Desnoes & Geddes Limited, which trades as Red Stripe, to take up a new assignment outside Jamaica...
Google has a 'translation engine' that does a pretty good job.The idea came about in 2004 when one of its founders used a translation tool acquired by licence to read a letter, fan mail really, from a South Korean.
Insurance ratings agency AM Best has frowned on the acquisition deal for Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Limited, suggesting it could have a potentially negative effect for the buyer.
Starting this week, the Financial Gleaner publishes the submission by former chairman of the Eagle Group of Companies, Dr Paul Chen-Young, presented to the FINSAC enquiry in the form of a book.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is pushing for the listing of the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) bonds on the stock market, the first for domestic debt instruments, if the Government agrees.Indications are that the plan may not be too much of a hard sell...
