Motorola wants to equip the world with the latest smartphone technology at less than a third the typical price.The new Moto G phone starts at US$179 in the US without a contract requirement.
Some larger cruise ships will call New Orleans their home as the role of the cruise business continues to increase at the Port of New Orleans.The Carnival Sunshine, which arrives in New Orleans on Sunday, carries 2,984 passengers - 22 more than the...
Pension market regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said Wednesday that there are some 337 dormant superannuation funds waiting to be wound up, with total assets valued...
News on recent Caribbean economic performance, all of 2013 actually, tend to be negative. They report job loss, non-payment of claims owed to providers of services to government, imminent...
Last Wednesday, Richard Byles, the co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), was featured on the front page of The Gleaner with the announcement that Jamaica was performing better against many of the IMF targets than was...
Proven REIT Limited will be signing a joint-venture partnership agreement with a real estate developer by monthend to construct an apartment complex that will be the company's debut real estate project.
Roger Cogle, the 20-year banking veteran whose overseas bosses have tapped as head of RBC Royal Bank Jamaica after a trial run with three-tiered leadership, says he now has a chance to affect the performance of all business lines. ...
It's a tale of two rums and one brand. One is produced in Jamaica only for the Jamaican market and is largely forgotten.The other is mass-produced in the US Virgin Islands and is denied access to the Jamaican market....
A United States district court has authorised the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue summons for US taxpayers records held in offshore bank accounts in the Caribbean.The US Justice Department said the order by US District Judge Richard M.
LASCO treated scores of children from six basic and primary schools to a day of teeth cleaning, and scrumptious product samplings, at the Dental Association of Jamaica's Oral Health event...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
The Bank of Jamaica has issued the following statement to clarify the status of FATCA talks with the United States.The Bank has taken note of the content of the article entitled 'FATCA Registration to begin in November' published in The Gleaner...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Jamaica's dairy sector has taken aim at the school-feeding programme as a major market for growing milk consumption.Having been thrown a life-line in the form of a US$70,000 grant from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
The Jamaican passport has moved up seven places in a global ranking of passports, to the 52nd most valuable passport in the world in terms of how many countries will allow its holders to enter without a visa.But it is also...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
American Airlines and US Airways reached a deal with the government that lets the two form the world's biggest airline and opens up more room at key US airports for low-cost carriers.The settlement announced Tuesday - if approved by a federal judge -...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Jamaica aims to cut its repo liabilities by 50 per cent within two years relative to 2010 levels. The "aspirational" target for 2015 is referenced in the IDB Country Strategy with Jamaica 2013-214 report released by...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
In line with international trends, local credit unions may be exempted from the reporting requirements of the United States foreign tax law, FATCA. However, a waiver for Jamaican institutions is not yet a certainty....
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
China's leaders finished a closely watched policy meeting Tuesday with a promise to give market forces a bigger role in the country's state-dominated economy but failed to produce dramatic reforms to overhaul a worn-out growth model.In a report after...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
St Lucia has agreed to guarantee EC$3 million of loans for LIAT now undergoing a modernisation of its ageing fleet.But Prime Minister Kenny Anthony also wants a rethink of how the airline does business."It's not just a matter of changing the chief...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
International debt inspectors met Tuesday with Greece's finance minister to examine government claims that a financing shortfall next year can be covered without any major new austerity measures.The officials from the "troika" - the European Union,...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Jukie Chin's Juici Patties has pulled its brand from franchise operators Elite Restaurants Limited based on what the patty company describes as overwhelming customer complaints and dissatisfaction....
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Feed supply company Hi-Pro Feeds has paid out losses to horse owners ranging up to US$30,000 in the aftermath of a feed-contamination incident six months ago, but is still faced with additional claims.Hi-Pro, a subsidiary...
