Approximately one-third of respondents to a new Jamaica labour market survey said they anticipated an increase in the workforce in the year ahead, while 150 employers said they planned to expand their businesses.The findings are contained in the Labour...
Former Jampro boss returns to franchise model - Sancia Bennett Templer, the former president of Jampro, Jamaica's investment promotions agency, has opened a Cellaris phone accessory store in Manor Park, St Andrew.
Venecia Realty Company Limited has brought to market another 82 lots on which it plans to build one- to three-bedroom houses through its newest development, Jewel Estate in St Catherine....
The World Bank has rated The Bahamas as the wealthiest Caribbean Com-munity (CARICOM) country.The Washington-based financial institution said that The Bahamas is the most economically prosperous country,...
Denis O'Brien, the billionaire owner of international mobile telecommunications company, the Digicel Group, is to receive a special dividend of US$650 million (J$69 billion) according to a British newspaper.The Sunday Times of London reported on...
In the White Paper on public-sector pension reform tabled in Parliament last week, the Government is proposing that contributions from workers be set at five per cent of their salaries....
Unicomer Jamaica Limited, which operates the Courts furniture, electronics and appliance stores, has launched a new e-commerce portal which is expected to enhance revenue growth in the new year....
The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is seeking international assistance in dealing with an oil spill that is threatening several areas in the southern part of the country even as the Oilfield Workers' Trade Union (OWTU) said the state-owned...
Michigan farmers do more than just roast chestnuts on an open fire.They grow them.The state has become a national leader in growing chestnuts and is harvesting more than 100,000 pounds a year, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday.Roasting the nuts...
Premier Craig Cannonier has welcomed the sale to two New York-based companies of two of Bermuda's most exclusive resorts - the Coral Beach & Tennis Club and its sister property Horizons & Cottages...
World stocks traded higher on Monday despite concerns over a cash crunch in China as investor sentiment remained buoyed by growing optimism over the United States economy.However, with many traders already off for the Christmas break, volumes were low...
The Jamaica-based brewery, Red Stripe, says it has sold its minority shares in the Brasserie Nationale d'Haiti and the Windward & Leeward St Lucia to Heineken...
Western Bureau: Digicel Business, the largest supplier of telephony and communications solutions in Jamaica, in a drive to expand its subscriber base in the local information and communications technology (ICT) sector, has...
With demand for currency traditionally higher during the Christmas period, the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says flows during this period are projected to amount to approximately $11.7 billion.
The United States Department of the Treasury has signed bilateral agreements with Bermuda and five other jurisdictions to implement the information reporting and withholding tax provisions, commonly known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act...
Governments in North America and Europe are beginning to look more closely at citizenship for investment schemes, after a small but growing number of incidents raised concerns about to whom passports are being issued.
Barbados has received yet another downgrade from Moody's Investors Service.Last Friday, Moody's downgraded the government bond rating from Ba1 to Ba3, citing poor economic growth and rising fiscal deficits.
St. Lucia's Civil Service Association (CSA) says plans by the Barbados government to trim the public sector should serve as a warning for the region to make the sector more productive.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting Guyana's economic growth for 2013 to be 4.8 per cent, continuing the broad-based robust expansion in economic activity over the past few years.
Conglomerate GraceKennedy Limited said the unauthorised exports of some of its products in commercial quantities into overseas markets in which it has a major presence have resulted in additional operational cost, delays to its shipments, as well as additional logistics costs.
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The government, private sector and civil-society groups have formed a joint public/private sector Energy Monitoring Committee (EMC) to oversee the development of the impending 360-megawatt generation energy plant.
Meetings with members of the Caribbean diaspora and an online survey by World Bank consultants reveal that 25 per cent of diaspora members have invested in real estate and 10 per cent in business ventures in the Caribbean.
