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Published:Monday | April 15, 2013 | 5:12 PM

The Bank of Jamaica is introducing three variable rate instruments to commercial banks and brokers between today and Friday as part of measures to remove excess liquidity from the market

Published:Monday | April 15, 2013 | 4:41 PM

The Jamaican dollar made gains against all benchmark currencies in trading today.

Published:Monday | April 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JMMB expands its presence in St Ann with the opening of the Brown's Town agency, the newest of its 11 locations. Operations will commence today and clients can access the suite of customised solutions such as investments...

Published:Monday | April 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The LIME Jamaica Foundation last Thursday presented the management and staff of St Monica's Home for the Aged with 13 mobile phones and a quantity of prepaid calling cards to assist in the day-to-day communication among the caregivers.

Published:Monday | April 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Young persons and volunteerism are not necessarily synonymous in today's society, but the visit by students from the Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School in Canada recently to carry out projects at the centres of St Patrick's...

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd (NCB) will replace its Visa and MasterCards in other to protect customers from possible fraud arising from the breach at a processing centre operated by a third party.

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Carnival Cruise Lines prices have taken a dip this spring, according to pricing data, and some industry observers are blaming headlines over problems on several Carnival ships.

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I am a young man who is just starting out in his career.

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Few politicians can be said to have been responsible for changing the way in which we think, let alone contributing to reshaping fundamentally the geopolitical and economic environment in which we live.

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Bad news: your boss informs you that a departing co-worker isn't being replaced after all. Instead, you are going to be doing his/her work in addition to your regular job.

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Question: My wife and I recently settled the mortgage on our house. In the past, the monthly payments to the building society included amounts for perils insurance.

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Please note that IGL Limited, which has been operating in Jamaica for over 50 years, is in no way affiliated with Industrial Gases Limited (IGL) Trinidad, a company owned and operated by Neal & Massy Holdings.

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BOOK: Achieving Life's Equilibrium: Balancing Health, Wealth and Happiness for Optimal Living, Volume 1 AUTHOR: Dennis Chung

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

A UWI academic on Thursday declared small businesses and transformed 'criminals' as the more likely saviours of the economy, and not the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with which Jamaica is negotiating a bailout agreement.Dr K'adamawe K'nife said at...

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

A woman hangs clothes to dry on the other side of the street from Sloppy Joe's Bar in Havana, Cuba, last Friday.

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Grenada announced that it intends to revive a programme that will essentially allow investors from across the globe to buy citizenship on the sparsely populated Caribbean island known for its beaches and spice-scented forests.

Published:Saturday | April 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE JAMAICAN economy stands to benefit significantly from the wealth of knowledge of its livestock experts if their expertise is exported to other countries in the region which are spending significant resources importing animals from North America in order to develop their livestock industry.

Published:Saturday | April 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Bobby Pottinger (left), former custos of St Mary, accepts a plaque from member of parliament for North East St Mary, Dr Morais Guy, during a presentation ceremony at the St Mary Agri Expo.

Published:Saturday | April 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

While other caterers were busy setting up shop at the St Mary Agri Expo on Easter Monday, having paid their fees, Gregory Scott and wife Veronica simply drove on to the grounds with their mobile kitchen and opened for business.

Published:Friday | April 12, 2013 | 2:11 PM

Scotiabank has won the 2013 Best Emerging Markets Bank in Jamaica award from Global Finance Magazine

Published:Friday | April 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Despite the loss in value of the Jamaican currency relative to the United States dollar, two academics and a businessman have suggested that it provides opportunities to spur economic growth...

Published:Friday | April 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The Guyana government says it will hold a national mining lottery later this month that will target small miners due to the increased demand for mining properties. Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Robert Persaud said the lottery...

Published:Friday | April 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Microsoft is skewering Google again with scathing ads that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals. The missive that began Tuesday marks the third phase...

Published:Friday | April 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Monday's International Monetary Fund (IMF) statement on Jamaica reads: "Fund management will submit to its Executive Board a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility in the amount of SDR 615 million (about US$958 million, or 225 per cent...

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