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Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Spanish officials warned Argentina last Friday that the country risks becoming "an international pariah" if it follows through on its threats to wrest control of Spanish-owned energy company Repsol's majority stake in its South American YPF...

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Brewery of Puerto Rico is for the first time exporting its signature Medalla Light beer to Florida as part of a US$100 million expansion.

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The market for mid to upper priced homes valued at $25 million and over is coming back to life, buffered by the mortgage wars that led to home loans falling below 10 per cent.

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

National Insurance Scheme 46th anniversary church service, at the Church of the Transfiguration, Meadowbrook, Kingston, 9 a.m.prunit@gmail.com

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Government agencies are getting serious about collecting funds for services which will cover their operational costs.

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

My brother lives in the United States (US).

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

NEM Insurance Company Limited is to be rebranded as JN General Insurance Company, to align with the brand of parent company Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS)...

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

IT'S BEEN 20 years since Hartnel McCalla has been operating a shop in his hometown of Sandy Ground in west central St Catherine. The business was established to boost earnings from his farming activities. However, since the passage of Tropical Storm Nicole in September 2010, McCalla's entrepreneurial activities have hit a brick wall.

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

BEE FARMERS in St Mary are moving beyond the traditional products associated with apiculture such as honey, wax, and pollen and moving well up the value-added chain with a range of items including a tonic, aphrodisiac, medicine, and sandwich spread.

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Mobile operator Digicel Jamaica says that about 120 of its local staff or 10 per cent of its workforce could to take-up its 'voluntary separation programme' announced Thursday.

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Carib Caribbean Cement Cement Company is advising its customers that out of necessity, the Company has been forced to pack its 42.5 kg Carib Cement Plus product in packaging not familiar to the Jamaican market, but says it is only a short term measure forced on it by industrial action in Trinidad.

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

First a definition: 'elephant hunt' refers not to out-of-favour big game hunting in Africa.Rather, courtesy of recently resigned Goldman Sachs 12-year veteran Greg Smith, it means "get your clients...

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Bouncing back from a loss, Jamaica International Insurance Company (JIIC) has reported underwriting profit of $43 million at yearend December 2011...

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Monopoly electricity distributor Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has slashed US$21.3 million (J$1.85b) from the value of its land assets...

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The National Insurance Fund (NIF) has confirmed the interest of lawyer and hotelier Christopher Issa in the purchase of the former Breezes Montego Bay hotel...

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

As Cartagena's sixth Summit of the Americas revs up, Latin America will join the hemisphere-wide gathering boasting a unique position on the global stage - a stark contrast with the previous gathering in Trinidad and Tobago, almost three years ago.

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Coffee Industry Board (CIB) is considering a replacement insurance scheme for coffee farmers, in the wake of last year's ruling by the Supreme Court that the decade-old trust fund created by the board was not an effective vehicle....

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC), more than three months into the Simpson Miller administration, is still without a board and an appointed general manager.But the prime minister's press secretary said Thursday...

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The contract for insurance manager of the regional insurance fund, Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), is up for grabs again following the expiration of the contract held by Sagicor Insurance Managers (SIM).CCRIF says on its website...

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Derrick Simon, president of Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, has charged that 56,000 kilograms of coffee, amounting to one-fifth of last year's crop, has mysteriously disappeared from inventory...

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Just as it appeared that financial markets in Europe were stabilising and that economic growth in the United States was accelerating, some negative factors have come to the fore...

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos faced a dilemma.He was set to take centre stage as host of this weekend's summit of Western Hemisphere leaders in this colonial-era port...

Published:Thursday | April 12, 2012 | 4:42 PM

The National Insurance Fund (NIF) has confirmed the interest of lawyer and hotelier Christopher Issa in the purchase of the former Breezes Montego Bay hotel.

Published:Thursday | April 12, 2012 | 4:34 PM

The JSE combined index lost 52.45 points or 0.06 percent and close at 93,183.15 points after a light trading day.

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