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BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:30 AM
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
Dover residents say flooding worse than Melissa, blame lack of drain cleaning
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
Judge expected to decide on start date today
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Scotia profits down 11%
May 29, 2010
SCOTIA Group Jamaica posted net profits of $2.5 billion for the second quarter ending April 30, 2010, an 11 per cent decline from the corresponding pe...
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Obama visits Gulf, says residents ‘are not alone’
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May 29, 2010
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (AP) — Intent on showing firm command of a deepening Gulf Coast crisis, President Barack Obama inspected a fouled beach, took in...
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How to Work Less and Earn More
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How to Work Less and Earn More
May 26, 2010
With some amount of trepidation, you decide that you're finally going to get a grip on your budget. Armed with months of bills and receipts, you pains...
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IFC to get 13% of Guardian
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IFC to get 13% of Guardian
May 25, 2010
GUARDIAN Holdings Limited (GHL) shareholders will see their stake in the insurer dilute by 13 per cent when a deal with International Finance Corporat...
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Ford to add 170 jobs for hybrid and electric cars
May 25, 2010
Michigan, United States — Two Ford Motor Co factories near Detroit will see 170 additional blue-collar jobs in the next two years as the automaker bri...
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Succession planning: a key to continued success
with Michelle Hirst 
May 25, 2010
SSL in the Money An influential leader's shoes are extremely hard to fill. It not only takes time to find the right man for the job, but it also takes...
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Plans announced for Lake Erie wind farm
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May 25, 2010
OHIO, United States — General Electric Co announced Monday that it plans to harness the power of winds blowing across Lake Erie by developing the worl...
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IMF: Mideast, N Africa economies rebounding in 2010
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May 25, 2010
CAIRO, Egypt — Mideast and North African oil exporters will see a "strong recovery" in 2010, pulled ahead by increasing capital inflows and oil prices...
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Rising home sales likely to cool despite low rates
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May 25, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, — United States  A now-expired homebuyer tax credit and low mortgage rates helped boost sales of previously occupied homes in April. Th...
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Marley’s coffee company shifts to distribution
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Marley’s coffee company shifts to distribution
May 25, 2010
JAMMIN Java Corporation, directed by Rohan Marley — son of reggae legend Bob Marley — has offloaded its coffee farm in order to focus on distribution ...
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GK posts 11% decline in 1Q profit
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GK posts 11% decline in 1Q profit
May 25, 2010
GRACEKENNEDY Limited has posted a 11 per cent decline in first quarter net profit, hurt by a regional consumer market weakened by the ongoing recessio...
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Will the Volt recharge GM and US auto industry?
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Will the Volt recharge GM and US auto industry?
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May 25, 2010
Michigan, — United States HE stands all day, bent over noisy machines, cutting giant sheets of steel and feeding them into monster-sized presses so po...
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Tankweld secures second airport contract
May 25, 2010
Tankweld Construction has received its second endorsed contract to upgrade the arrival terminal at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in K...
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Remote trading makes business as usual at JSE
May 25, 2010
Even while security forces continued operations in Western Kingston to execute a warrant to Tivoli strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and 'unrest and ...
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Bullard: Europe’s woes unlikely to spur recession
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May 25, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES — THE European debt crisis isn't likely to throw the global economy back into a recession, a Federal Reserve official sai...
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LIME building new Carib fibre optic cable
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LIME building new Carib fibre optic cable
May 25, 2010
LIME Jamaica's parent, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), on Monday announced it has begun building a submarine, fibre-optic cable that will more ...
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Investors pile into Treasurys, send rates lower
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May 25, 2010
NEW YORK,  United States — INTEREST rates fell sharply in the bond market yesterday as investors sought safety from growing concerns about a global ec...
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Businesses need to focus on stakeholder value, says Jarrett
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Businesses need to focus on stakeholder value, says Jarrett
May 25, 2010
THE collapse of the energy giant Enron in the United States of America has ensured that business ethics is now an important part of the curriculum of ...
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Stock market, Korea tension bring down oil prices
May 25, 2010
Oil prices continued their three-week slide yesterday, pulled down by falling global stock markets, a declining euro and saber-rattling in Korea. Benc...
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Insurance premiums could rise on civil unrest
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Insurance premiums could rise on civil unrest
Alicia Roache Business reporter roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 25, 2010
Insurance premiums for businesses in downtown Kingston and across Jamaica could increase following the unrest that gripped the nation over the last th...
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Haiti state-run telecom’s distant saviour: Vietnam
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Haiti state-run telecom’s distant saviour: Vietnam
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May 25, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — IN one of the few offices of Teleco Haiti that survived January's catastrophic earthquake, the customer service agents sit idl...
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Red Stripe reports continued decline in net profit
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Red Stripe reports continued decline in net profit
May 25, 2010
Higher cost of sales and lower production volumes resulted in a 35 per cent decline in Red Stripe's net profit for the nine months ending March 31, 20...
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