Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Telecoms provider LIME Jamaica has started to upgrade its mobile network under a two-year project costing billions that aims to deliver improved broadband speeds of up to 21 megabits per second.The upgrade is also...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
GraceKennedy Limited's cash holdings have been falling over the past year and are currently at half their 2012 levels - funds that group CEO Don Wehby says were mostly used to pay down repo liabilities.The conglomerate...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Eppley shareholders on Tuesday gave their approval to a plan to raise additional funding for the company via a preference share issue.Eppley Limited, which made its market debut via an initial public offering...
Published:Wednesday | November 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM
The government is yet to indicate when it will implement measures to spur growth in the construction sector by reducing bureaucracy in the granting of permits which stakeholders said has been a barrier to them for the last 10 years....
The St Lucia government said Monday it would continue to work with other Caribbean countries affected by the collapse of regional insurance group CLICO in seeking to ease the problems of policyholders. The regional insurance group and its parent...
The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) sought Monday to get past a rough patch in diplomatic relations to resume talks on a free-trade deal that would grow what is already the world's biggest business relationship.Negotiators for the Obama...
Brazil designer creates 'anti-cellulite jeans'Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchcovitch claims to have made what just might be the world's first aniti-cellulite pair of jeans, whipped up from high-tech denim.Herchcovitch says his...
What's one technological innovation that you are looking forward to being integrated into our everyday lives?Readers' responses:Twudian Smith The manufacturers of cars have already come up with the concept of self-parking systems...
Local seasoning and condiments manufacturer, King Pepper Products Limited, has automated its production line through a J$15 million injection to capitalise on demand for its products manufactured under the Eaton's brand.
Midpoint its incubation period at the Technology Innovation Centre, Point Global Marketing (PGM) has opened offices in Port-of-Spain even while the company is still hunting its own operating space inside home-market Jamaica.
An opportunity to break into the mobile market in the Dominican Republic (DR) and to win 3.3 million new customers is available with the pending sale of Orange Dominicana, for which Digicel and Cable & Wireless Communiciations (CWC) are reported...
A Supreme Court judge said public interest in the FINSAC commission of enquiry demands that the options available be explored to finalise the work of the tribunal, even as the court itself has refused to compel action by the commissioners.
United States safety regulators are investigating thousands of Volkswagen SUVs because the headlamps and other outside lights can fail with little warning.
Today's article will analyse and discuss the responses of those readers who participated in the insurance literacy quiz which was published on October 20.
How hard is it, really, to show for work on time? Earlier this year, after leading a series of workshops, I came to a startling conclusion: There are many Jamaican workers who don't know how to come to work on time.
In February of this year, Cuba's President Raul Castro said he will step down in 2018.The announcement, made to the Cuban National Assembly, took many by surprise although he had previously made it clear that no one in Cuba's leadership should serve...
Peterkin boards ZIM Shipping - Kimani Peterkin is now intra-area trade manager for ZIM America Integrated Shipping Company.He was previously marketing and transhipment manager for Carib Star Shipping, which are agents for ZIM, from 2009 to September 2012.
Political drama consumed the first half of October.The United States government shutdown and the threat of default, held the market in suspense.Even though most investors considered the political shenanigans to be nothing more than...
While gen-eral insurers are earning more revenue, they say reduced interest income and rising claims will lead to higher premium pricing.Gross premiums grew at a rate of 7.65 per cent to J$29.8 billion in 2012, and is was...
The European Central Bank (ECB) startled investors Thursday with a surprise cut in its benchmark interest rate aimed at boosting a hesitant recovery in the 17 countries that use the euro.The bank lowered the benchmark refinancing rate to a record-low...
