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Jamaica Business News, Economy, and Financial Sector Information
Scotia Jamaica profits rise amid fees debate
Friday, December 06, 2013
Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) views Government regulation on bank fees as "difficult" and prefers dialogue with customers. Concurrently, the group posted impressive results for its October year end, with net profit totaling $11.9 billion, up $350 million from a year earlier. It comes in the context of a slash in earnings ac ...more
TVJ opens high definition studio for lottery games
Friday, December 06, 2013
TELEVISION Jamaica, a member of the RJR Communications Group, has unvieled a state- of-the-art studio, the new home for live draws of the Supreme Ventures lottery games.
The multimillion-dollar, fully outfitted high definition television facility, b ...more
Jamaica to pass today most dramatic tax reform bills since the 1980s
Friday, December 06, 2013
TODAY, the Senate is expected to pass the most significant business tax reform since the 1980s, meaning the four bills that collectively are designed to replace our current incentive regime. In my last Observer article of November 15th, entitled "Jam ...more
Digicel adds 200 customer service reps
Friday, December 06, 2013
DIGICEL announced yesterday that it has hired and trained some 200 agents over the last several months for its Customer Care Call Centre.
An extensive screening and training process — that began during the first quarter at a job fair at the Un ...more
Matalon defends tax reform recommendations
Friday, December 06, 2013
Entities that currently pay the highest income tax rates are going to be the first beneficiaries when there's growth in the economy, according to Joseph M Matalon.
The chairman of the Incentives Working Group (IWG), the committee that was consulted ...more
Regional poverty reduction slowing — UN
Friday, December 06, 2013
POVERTY in Latin America and the Caribbean is now easing at a slower pace, the UN's regional economic body said on Thursday, calling on governments to make policy changes that encourage growth while reducing the huge gap between the rich and poor. U ...more
Transforming Jamaica's productivity
Friday, December 06, 2013
LAST week I referred to what I think is Jamaica's biggest risk (that of the unproductive human resources) and also addressed my belief that the economic programme is on the right track, given the accomplishments to date under the economic programme, ...more
CIBC FirstCaribbean to open US$5-m branch next week
Friday, December 06, 2013
Bridgetown, Barbados — CIBC FirstCaribbean will open the doors of a new state-of-the-art branch, not far from its Headquarters at Warrens in Barbados, the financial institution announced yesterday.
The Warrens Banking Centre, built at a cost o ...more
Staying financially focused
Friday, December 06, 2013
THE second financially focused conference for 2013 was held at the BMW showroom in Kingston last Friday. Presenters from VM Wealth, Jamaica National Building Society, JN Fund Managers, JN General Insurance, JMMB, Exponential Holdings, and Barita Inve ...more
JetBlue adds Haiti to route network
Friday, December 06, 2013
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — JETBLUE yesterday launched three daily flights to Port-au- Prince as the airline continues to expand into Latin America and
the Caribbean.
The Toussaint Louverture International Airport will be served once daily from ...more
PHOTO: JMA/IMF meeting
Friday, December 06, 2013
International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative Bert van Selm (second right), and economist Nadine Thompson (second left) with (from left) Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) Past President Omar Azan; Executive Director Imega Breese Mc ...more
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