- Personnel being trained in collecting weather and climate data 1:55 pm
- Education ministry launches mathematics development programme 12:54 pm
- Hanover police name persons of interest 11:16 am
- Windward Road, Mountain View Avenue Intersection to be closed 10:12 am
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- PSOJ urges support for flexible exchange rate 8:28 am
Business
Mayberry listing pushes JSE 2018 earnings past $16b
Mayberry Jamaican Equities (MJE) new stocks shares climbed 10 per cent Tuesday morning, while its directors knocked champagne glasses at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) in downtown Kingston to celebrate the listing of the new company. Read More
Venture capital subsidiary to allow SSL to partner with emerging entrepreneurs
SSLVC, the venture capital arm of Stocks & Securities Ltd, is in the business of expanding the available capital of businesses in Jamaica. As a stand-alone company with its own chief executive officer, the company has the mandate from parent company, SSL Barbados, to find companies... Read More
MSME sector crucial for financial inclusion, missing data on lending practices
Speaking at the National Financial Inclusion Council meeting held last week, governor of the Bank of Jamaica Brian Wynter noted that the push to improve the financial inclusion of citizens was hampered by data collection challenges to guage how effective the banking sector has been in... Read More
Profit falls 16% at Blue Power
A 16 per cent decline in net profit for the financial year ended April 2018 has driven soap maker Blue Power to renew calls to the Government for the removal of the coconut industry board cess and discriminatory rate of security cess at the port, both of which it names as creating... Read More
Are you operating within the right domain?
Domain names are defined as the human-friendly forms of i nternet addresses, and are commonly used by companies to promote, market and advertise the company's website or online store. Read More
The power of vision
Vision is the ability to see and can be defined as a picture of the future. Vision can be captured in words, visuals or both. It needs to balance being aspirational versus inspirational, and being tangible versus practical. Read More
Hotel Four Seasons celebrates 60 years of changing with the times
Hailing the Hotel Four Seasons as a standard-bearer for small properties in Kingston, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett said the 60th anniversary of the landmark hotel comes at a time when the country is seeing a renaissance in tourism development in its capital,... Read More
Black and white Zimbabwe farmers try to bridge a sharp divide
ARCTURUS, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Two years ago a black Zimbabwean farmer saw a white farmer thrown off land by a violent mob.Now the two work together in a partnership that they say could be a model to save the country's ruined agricultural sector. Read More
Young, rich and ambitious: Nigeria's 'gentleman farmers'
ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (AFP) — “Come, I'll show you what a potential billion dollars looks like,” said P J Okocha, opening the door of a small, modern house in southern Nigeria to reveal a thousand yam seedlings. Read More
Increased access to small business loans through new project in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haitians will have increased access to small business loans as the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Inter-American Development Bank, Global Affairs Canada and Desjardins International of Canada have partnered to increase services for micro and small... Read More
Venezuela's president admits economy has failed
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Under-fire Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro admitted his economic model has “failed” in the wake of food and medicine shortages and public service paralysis, such as yesterday's power failure that affected 80 per cent of... Read More
IMF urges Greece to pursue ‘realistic’ economic targets
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund yesterday urged Greece to be “realistic” about its economic goals, and reiterated the long-standing concern the country may yet need additional debt relief. Read More
P&G hikes some prices as weak grooming shaves profits
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Procter & Gamble announced price hikes on toilet paper, diapers and some other staples yesterday as it reported a dip in earnings, due in part to cutthroat competition in the shaving business. Read More
Heineken shares plunge on hangover fears
Dutch brewing giant Heineken on Monday saw its share price plummet over five per cent after revising outlook downwards for the year, despite reporting a leap in first-half profits. Read More
Apple and Amazon lead the pack to $1-trillion market value
New York, United States (AFP) — For a long time, Apple appeared to be flying solo to a US$1-trillion market value, but Amazon is right at its heels — and experts have no fears of a tech bubble. Read More
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