Business

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dipped 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, evidence that layoffs are low and hiring will likely remain steady....

Attorney-at-law Michael Drakulich, developer of the Ocho Rios, St Ann-based enterprise Mystic Mountain, is preparing to place 65 new residential units on the market this year and start...

The issue of economic growth is now firmly at the centre of most conversations on the economy, thanks to the consistency of comments by business writers and commentators, and business organisations such as the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association...

In order to qualify for the proposed increase in United States dollar investment holdings, pension funds and security dealers will have to provide the central bank with investment projections...

Unregulated companies and self-employed individuals engaged in a trade, vocation or profession are now entitled to claim a non-refundable Employment Tax Credit (ETC) when computing their net income tax liability....

Chief executive officer of the Companies Office of Jamaica and Registrar of Companies, Judith Ramlogan, said the fees for using the Security in Personal Property registry, which began operations yesterday, will not be prohibitive....

On Saturday, December 7, the ATL team visited with girls from the Wortley Home, Constant Spring Road, to spread the spirit of Christmas.

PROVEN Wealth Limited's President & CEO Chorvelle Johnson and branch manager for Mandeville, Natalie Shim, presented a new refrigerator to the Spaldings Primary School recently. Johnson, a past student of the school...

A high-level steering committee has been established to provide oversight in the setting up of a Trust arrangement to mitigate the risks to securities dealers retail repurchase clients.The Trust will hold the underlying securities on behalf of clients...

The Florida, United States-based logistics management and package delivery company, Aeropost, has partnered with a Polish company to invest more than J$150 million in a new parcel locker system in Jamaica.However, the partnership in the parcel locker...

When Latvia adopts the euro on January 1, it will bring with it a banking sector that is swelling with suspicious money from Russia and the east - just as the currency bloc is trying to clamp down on such havens.It was just nine months ago...

Proven Wealth Limited, brokers for Knutsford Express Services Limited, said the company's initial public offering, which opened and closed last Friday, was fully subscribed.The company, which operates the Knutsford Express transportation service from...