Business

Scotiabank has earned the top award for Jamaica in the best emerging market banks category of Global Finance magazine’s annual best practices recognition programme.

JAMAICA's delectable and mouth-watering patty, once a lunch-time staple and now an anytime-of-the-day meal on the go across all socio-economic groups, has had its international rating bumped up on one of the world's most popular websites, askmen.com....

March 19-23, 2012 - Caribbean stocks ended the week lower on the back of declines in CSX 30 blue chip stocks and conglomerates...

Digicel Group announced plans on Tuesday to deploy a US$16-million (J$1.34b) fibre-optic cable from Haiti to connect with an existing cable from Jamaica to the United States, aimed at delivering improved data and call services by July 2012....

Globe Insurance Company saw a marginal decline in its insurance business last year, its newly released financial report shows.The company reported a J$100 million decline in gross premiums, from J$2.5 billion to J$2.4 billion....

Energy company Shell has evacuated some of its workers from two platforms in the North Sea that are near an underwater gas leak from a nearby rig. The leak of flammable gas was discovered over the weekend...

Years ago, I decided to spend as little time as possible watching commercial television. Generally, I found that the few nuggets of value to be mined didn't justify the time...

ST VINCENT Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says his administration is considering suing a commercial bank as it seeks to recapture investments by citizens and local companies hit by the collapse of the Trinidad-based British American Insurance Company...

Colonial life Insurance Company (CLICO) is hoping to extend by another six months a shareholders' agreement its parent company, CL Financial, has with the Trinidad and Tobago government, CLICO chairman Gerald Yetming has announced....

Natural gas prices fell again in morning trading Tuesday amid doubts that a huge surplus of the fuel will be depleted anytime soon. Natural gas futures fell four cents to US$2.18 per 1,000 cubic feet after dropping five cents on Monday...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Monday said insurance laws in Trinidad and Tobago contravene the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) treaty and allow the oil rich twin island republic to treat its nationals favourably following the collapse ...

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has been awarded the 2011 Best Local Initiative for the Historic Falmouth Port by Cruise Insight Magazine The PAJ received the award at the 2012 staging of Cruise Shipping Miami.Cruise Shipping Miami (formerly Sea...