A transportation agency filed a lawsuit alleging that United Airlines is falsely claiming to buy huge amounts of jet fuel out of a small, rural Illinois office that doesn't even have a computer
Economic windfalls are expected as wind operators seek to increase their supply of energy to the electricity grid to seven per cent from the current 2.5 per cent in the near term, saving more than J$1 billion annually...
The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) says it will definitely embark upon industrial action after efforts to get the telecommunications company, Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited, to retract dismissal letters sent to nearly 100 workers last week failed.
Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas says he will look towards his Caribbean Community (CARICOM) colleagues to help St. Kitts-Nevis deal with the new high income country status placed on it by the United States....
The Trinidad and Tobago government says it plans to lobby the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping for a decrease in the import duties on cement after a major regional manufacturer increased the price of the commodity by nearly 10 per cent...
The Bank of Jamaica has released a draft proposal of an 'enforceable' code of conduct for banks and other deposit-taking financial institutions, but the local consumer watchdog says it is pushing ahead with its own guidelines announced two years ago.
Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) has invested upwards of US$2 million in new online shopping portal which, if it captivates sought-after markets among Jamaicans in the diaspora, is meant to drive up sales by 30 per cent in a year.
A determination whether to initiate settlement procedures at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the dispute over subsidies given to rum producers in United States territories in the Caribbean is still under discussion.
I am a mother of three boys, married, but not getting much financially from my husband. I am working and am also seeking a second job, but without luck so far. I am in debt up to my nose and living from pay cheque to pay cheque.
The sale of factory and lands belonging to Jamaica Citrus Growers Limited (JCGL) have been finalised. The citrus business was bought by Trinidad company S.M. Jaleel and Company Limited, which used its local subsidiary, Jamaica Beverages Limited, to make the acquisition.
Accountant firms UHY Dawgen and Paul Goldson & Company have merged operations. The merger, which took effect last Friday, and gives the combined entity a client base of about 150 across Jamaica.
AirTran Airways is selling tickets for new flights between Chicago and both Jamaica and the Dominican Republic that it expects to operate beginning this spring.
Consider this: In 2001, one in 10 voters in the United Kingdom were members of an ethnic minority; by 2050 the number will have risen to one in five. Put another way, demographic change is set to permanently change the nature of political power in Britain, as it is already doing in the United States.
Our 18-year-old son acquired his learner's licence last year. He has done several lessons with a driving school and will sit the test soon. We were also planning to allow him to drive the family vehicle under parental supervision, but have not done so. Our insurers have advised that our motor policy does not cover learner drivers.
I ended my first column of 2013 asking: "Whither Jamaica? We have no Bustamante or Manley tax cuts that we might allow to expire. We have a debilitating inequality fuelled by a tax base that woefully under-represents income levels of the society...
Afraid of looking like a world-class ingrate, AIG on Wednesday decided against suing the United States federal government over the US$182 billion bailout that saved the giant insurance company from collapse. American International Group Inc...
Audrey Deer-Williams, director of investments for the National Investment Fund (NIF), said the fund had a good year in 2012 and is "very confident" of another successful run in the coming period...
As government's finances grow more depleted, the multibillion-dollar funds overseen by cash-rich public agencies are increasingly being touted as potential revenue or financing source for the treasury and other bodies....
The Elephant Group Jamaica will officially open for business at the Montego Bay Free Zone with 100 employees on February 1, but says it plans to grow the operation to over 500 employees within the first six...
Jamaica has no alternative to a bailout agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the head of Jamaica's top business lobby, who says the country is too close to crisis point to search for a different saviour.It either secures...
The economic model which I prefer is skewed to getting private investors to be the drivers of economic growth and sustainable employment. Sure, governments have to regulate, legislate and facilitate in a timely and even-handed manner to help investors...
The Government has tapped former Bank of Jamaica governor Derick Latibeaudiere to chair an enterprise team for the privatisation of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT). Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller...
A marked uptick in treasury rates at yearend spells bad news for the Jamaican Government which will have to pay interest on more than J$420 billion of variable rate debt due for repricing this quarter....
