People who lined up to buy the first iPhone knew what they were paying hundreds of dollars for a new cellphone that promised to be better. Apple Inc's newest gadget, the iPad tablet computer, falls into a category that's foreign to most people.
Another 605 serviced lots are to be prepared for sale at Perth, just outside Mandeville in Manchester, with developer Buildrite Construction Company in line for a $606.8-million contract to undertake infrastructure work on the project, which is to be phase one of the Perth Housing Development
Champion branch managers in the Mother's food chain, David Murray of Liguanea and Karen Beason of Spanish Town, celebrate after their stores came out on top in the awards for customer service.
Another high-profile resignation has hit embattled insurance giant Colonial Life Insurance Company Trinidad Limited (CLICO). Dr Euric Bobb cited "personal reasons" for his resignation as chairman of the board of directors last Wednesday.
The Commission of Strata Corporations, which will monitor and oversee strata corporations, should be up and running by next month, Sandra Watson, general manager of the Real Estate Board (REB), said last Wednesday.
There are times in business when small is good, according to the principals of Form Architects Limited, who say they have proven this maxim. Had Form been a bigger company with larger overhead costs, the company might not have survived 2009, they told Sunday Business.
CUNA Mutual Insurance Society has relaunched what it says is a unique product in its category - a payment protector rider which provides coverage for credit union members who suffer from temporary disability caused by accidents and medical reasons while servicing loans.
Despite making its 762 permanent workers redundant on Wednesday and halting production, the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) will honour its obligation regarding scholarships tenable at the tertiary level for children of the now former...
THE TEACHERS' professional revolving loan fund, which dried up in the last fiscal year, will be revitalised with an allocation of $95 million.Education Minister Andrew Holness told Parliament's Standing Finance...
In another indication of a tough economy, the life insurance companies in Jamaica are paying out increasing amounts as policyholders turn in their plans for cash...
William Mahfood is ramping up capacity by 30-40 per cent at Wisynco Group's factory in White Marl, St Catherine, requiring an investment of $600 million in a new beverage line on which construction should start next month. Mahfood wants to grow...
Armstrong confirmed - Philip Armstrong has been confirmed as managing director of PanCaribbeanBank, the commercial banking subsidiary of Pan Caribbean Financial Services (PCFS), after close to a year...
Global Directories Jamaica Limited (GDJL) has won its legal battle against Cable and Wireless Jamaica, now trading as LIME Jamaica, over differences on the payment terms offered to advertisers in the Yellow Pages...
Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG), a leader in the poultry and animal feed markets, is exploring growth beyond its home shores to Haiti, potentially through business partnerships in the French-speaking country...
Chapter Four of former chairman of the Eagle Group of Companies Dr Paul Chen-Young's written testimony to the FINSAC enquiry.This section suggests a number of issues that the Commission might consider under its terms of reference....
The Valukas report - post-mortem really - of the Lehman Brothers meltdown is the hottest attraction for Wall Street watchers and analysts interested in the shape of an effective regulatory regime for the post-September 2008 landscape....
Markets drove up Greece's borrowing costs again Tuesday despite last week's promise of a financial backstop from other eurozone countries, indicating the country's debt crisis is far from over....
Jamaica is to make a fresh case for an extension of the Common External Tariff (CET) at an upcoming meeting of regional trade officials, according to Industry and Commerce Minister Karl Samuda.He has a month or more to prepare....
Governor of the Bank of Jamaica Brian Wynter is pressing for cooperation among regional financial regulators on the policing of banking groups whose operations straddle jurisdictions, while reiterating...
Damian Obiglio, president and chief executive officer of Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, has taken charge of the utility's financial unit 'in the short term' following a restructuring by its parent company...
Jamaica's exporters say agro-processors are losing out on overseas sales, particularly the bammy market, and are blaming adjustments to import policies that they say limit their supply of raw materials.But Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton ...
McKeeva Bush, premier of British dependency, Cayman Islands, travelled to Washington on Tuesday to sign a tax information exchange agreement with Australia. Cayman has penned 14 similar agreements in conformity with internationally-agreed tax standard...
Do you have the ability to make people happy? If your witticisms and wisecracks cause hearers to hold their sides and cry tears while laughing, and you believe that you have what it takes to be successful in comedy, there might be...
Tetley Tea Company Jamaica Limited (TTCJ), another small family company run by general manager John Mahfood, has announced plans to launch an initial public offering in the by end of the second quarter...
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is banking on an additional $2.8 billion of collections from National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contributions in the new fiscal year, needed to offset the fallout from investment income...
