Business

The annual sales of Honey Bun bakery are trending towards a new record amid plans to increase products and staff, but the company cautions that the soft economy could offset company projections.The bakery has delivered...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission which on Wednesday concluded its article four consultation and initiated discussions on an economic support programme for Jamaica, has recommended that the government...

Gore Developments Limited has teamed up with nine financial institutions to help educate potential home buyers on how take the first step towards ownership.

Britain's finance minister has cut the rate of income tax for the country's wealthiest citizens but imposed a raft of measures to prevent tax avoidance and a hefty new charge on expensive property sales in an attempt to spread the burden of austerity...

BRIEFSLobster closed season starts April 1Hotels, restaurants and others businesses which serve lobster on the menu are reminded that the annual lobster closed season starts April 1 and runs until June 30.

THE $20 MILLION Government is making available to the coffee industry towards covering the cost of fertiliser is woefully short of the estimated $100 million needed to adequately address the current crop needs for input alone.

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One in six disability claims in Greece fake - Health Ministry officials say nearly one-in-six disability allowances will be cancelled at the end of the month after discovering thousands of payments were based on false claims...

When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the threats from Europe's debt crisis have eased in recent weeks, but United States (US) money market funds remain exposed to risky European assets....

The Reggae Reggae-branded products of Jamaica-born businessman and entertainer, Levi Roots, has earned £2.5 million (J$334 million) in the first nine months of its distribution in the United Kingdom...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has introduced an online consumer-protection warning system in which 13 million consumers in 14 member states can themselves alert authorities to dangerous products on the market, except food.d...