George Adlam (left), sales representative in the Employee Benefits Division at Sagicor Life, gives a medal to Neikia Combs, a grade-one student of Denham Town Primary School in west Kingston, last Wednesday during the school's sports day.
The economic role played by creative industries significantly exceeds anything previously imagined, according to a recent report produced by the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
Bob asked you about investing his funds. You gave him some very broad instruments he could consider investing in. I thought he needed some concrete and specific recommendations. Can you say how you can make money by investing in unit trusts?
Rightly or wrongly, one of the yardsticks that we use to measure the effectiveness of our colleagues is how well they manage their time. Skills vary widely from the bottom to the top of corporations, but we tend to assume that the higher the position, the better the skills.
Dr Gene Leon, International Monetary Fund (IMF) country representative has, urged the Caribbean Community (CARI-COM ) to invest in research and development as means to rid the region of its high debt.Harnessing information can offer an avenue...
China Buys Inroads in the Caribbean, Catching US Notice'. This is the headline of an article in the New York Times of April 7 this month. With it's dateline Nassau, Bahamas, the report rapidly tells the tale of Chinese 'largesse'...
Biotech drugmaker Human Genome Sciences Inc has rejected an unsolicited $2.59-billion takeover bid by GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the British pharmaceutical giant that spent nearly two decades helping the smaller company bring its first drug...
Jamaica dipped one spot to rank 74th overall in The Global Information Technology Report (GITP) 2012 published this month, but tied with 57 other countries to take the number one spot in the telecoms competition subcategory....
A slew of United States companies announced big profits Thursday, but investors spooked about the economy sold stocks anyway.Investors shifted between buying and selling early, then stuck with selling after deciding that the strong earnings results...
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner dropped a bombshell on Monday, with the nationalisation of YPF.Last week, the government played down the notion of taking over the oil giant, but she came back with a different idea after the Summit...
Jamaica Coffee Growers Association (JCGA) said it has put in a bid for Wallenford and is also charging that the sale of the coffee asset is not as transparent as procurement rules dictate.But the agriculture ministry says...
A cottage industry has sprung up around the bottling of coconut water, evidenced by the emergence of a number of labels in grocery stores, but the bottlers of the product have largely been unable to solve the issue...
A United States-based waste-to-energy outfit is preparing to establish a US$500,000 (J$44 million) tyre recycling facility in Jamaica to convert old tyres into energy sources such as fuel oil as well as biochar...
First, it was natural gas. Now a rush to tap new oil wells in North America is creating bigger profits for Halliburton. The Houston company, which provides a variety of services for the petroleum industry, said Wednesday that earnings jumped 22.7 per cent...
The World Bank this month described as 'moderately satisfactory' Jamaica's fiscal reform process while noting that it expects the country's tax collections score to improve to grade level B.The December general election and change of administration...
The Guyana government says it is still studying proposals submitted by the cash-strapped Barbados-based low-cost carrier REDjet that suspended its services to several regional destinations, including Georgetown, last month."We haven't concluded...
Justin Nam, a former assistant vice-president at Proven Investments, has expressed confidence in raising the J$500 million he requires to establish and list a new start-up called Exponential Holdings Limited...
Bill Express, the vehicle used by conglomerate GraceKennedy and Company Limited to collect utility and other bills for third parties in Jamaica and other Caribbean islands, has pioneered a new insurance service for its...
Bermuda suffered a two per cent decline in the number of jobs last year with expatriates bearing the brunt of the losses, according to a new government report.It is the third straight year of sharp decline in the British overseas territory's jobs...
Honeywell International Inc has agreed to work with satellite communications company Inmarsat PLC on providing in-flight Internet connection for airline passengers.The demand for in-flight connectivity has grown as people have become more reliant...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Latin America and the Caribbean is "on a glide path to steady growth" as the global economy picks up pace...
Yellow Yam will be the featured main ingredient in all the agro-processing and valued-added products at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs' National Achievement Expo to be held at the Denbigh...
Oil prices dropped Wednesday after the government said US supplies grew more than expected last week. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.53 to finish at $102.67 per barrel in New York, while Brent crude lost 81 cents to end at $117.97 per...
AS WAS outlined in the previous article, integrated weed management definitely contributes to increased production and productivity. We had highlighted all the control strategies that can be employed...
