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USA end losing streak with crushing of Trinidad
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June 15 09:25 PM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The United States ended their four-match losing run with a resounding 5-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in their op...
Ackera Nugent second in 100m in Stockholm
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June 15 05:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — National record holder Ackera Nugent continued her preparation for the JAAA National Championships due in another two weeks. This,...
WATCH: JUTC driver surprised for Father’s Day
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June 15 05:16 PM
One special Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) driver was honoured last week when the passengers on his route came together and presented him with g...
Chinese auto mechanic shop allowed to reopen says ministry
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Chinese auto mechanic shop allowed to reopen says ministry
June 15 02:35 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chinese-owned Whole-Hearted Car Service will be allowed to reopen with conditions including that employees be enrolled in the HEAR...

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Police probe Vatican bank transactions
November 26, 2009
Suspects money laundering News reports in Italy say investigators are scrutinising millions of euros worth of Vatican bank transactions to see if they...
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Is it really the interest rates, Minister?
BY ALICIA ROACHE roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 26, 2009
The Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw has been on a public campaign to encourage banks to lower interest rates. On Wednesday, tha...
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Eight Essential Money Principles
With Cherryl Hanson-Simpson 
November 25, 2009
Your Money Very often, people ask me to provide them with one piece of advice that could help them to be more successful with their money. Over the ye...
Business, Financials
Ailing Japan Airlines to receive emergency loans
November 24, 2009
TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines said yesterday it obtained government approval to receive up to US$1.1 billion in emergency loans aimed at preventing th...
Business, Financials
Jamaica continues down slippery slope
Alicia Roache Business Observer reporter roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 24, 2009
Only Zimbabwe and Burundi have worse macroeconomic stability than Jamaica. According to the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2009-2010, released in...
Business, Financials
$1 billion to be spent on towers at airports
November 24, 2009
Some $1 billion will be spent this fiscal year to replace the control towers at Kingston and Montego Bay international airports, the Business Observer...
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Jamaica under default rating threat
November 24, 2009
Fitch Ratings is threatening to downgrade Jamaica's creditworthiness to "default" if Government undertook debt restructuring that lead to any material...
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How your business can benefit from it
By Yvonne Grinam-Nicholson 
November 24, 2009
The explosion of social networking sites such as Facebook (FB) and Twitter has opened up an entirely new sphere of life, a parallel Matrix-like univer...
Business, Financials
Jamaica Producers’ effective management leads turnaround
with Juvenne Yee 
November 24, 2009
The management team at Jamaica Producers Group Ltd (JP) has defined success as the ability to effectively adapt to change. With the group's managing d...
Business, Financials
Sprint completes purchase of Virgin Mobile USA
November 24, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Sprint Nextel Corp yesterday said it had completed its US$483 million acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA, boosting its presence ...
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Gov’t to spend $22m on IFC consultants
November 24, 2009
Government is spending US$250,000 ($22.2 million) to hire consultants to establish an International Financial Centre (IFC) despite concerns raised by ...
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Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks
November 24, 2009
California, United States - While US newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is risi...
Business, Financials
Salada sees 44% rise in profit
November 24, 2009
Salada Foods Jamaica's after-tax profit increased 43.5 per cent to $108 million for the year ended September 30, 2009 as it benefitted from keeping it...
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Soon common mangoes won’t be so common
BY GARFIELD MYERS Editor-at-Large, South Central Bureau myersg@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 24, 2009
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - Little thought of common or hairy mangoes will soon take on added value if Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Christopher T...
Business, Financials
Bank loans climb 10%
November 24, 2009
CommercIal banks with $257.2 billion in outstanding loans at the end of September had benefitted from a 60 per cent spike in construction loans but sa...
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Barita hopes to raise $1.1 billion from share offer
November 24, 2009
Barita Investments plans to raise $1.1 billion with tomorrow's planned public offering of shares to be listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). Fou...
Business, Financials
5 things you should know about vacation leave in 2010
With Gavin Coffe 
November 24, 2009
Christmas is fast approaching and most employees will be hoping to take some time off work. This holiday season will be the first since parliament mad...
Business, Financials
Carreras’ net income plummets
Alicia Roache Business Observer reporter roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 24, 2009
Amid increases in duties and prices and an overall contracting of its income streams, Carreras recorded a 26.7 per cent decline in net income during t...
Business, Financials
JIPO to move in with JTI
Alicia Roache Business Observer reporter roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 24, 2009
The operations and offices of the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is to be moved to the building that houses the Jamaica Trade and Invest ...
Business, Financials
Marriott to open New Kingston hotel
By Julain Richardson Assistant Business Co-ordinator richardsonj@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 24, 2009
Marriott International will operate a city hotel on a section of the 161,610 square-foot land in Knutsford Park, New Kingston, acquired by Pan Jamaica...
Business, Financials
Jamaica is fixable, and should not default on its debt
BY KEITH COLLISTER 
November 21, 2009
In a story headline entitled 'Gloomy Jamaica' published on the November 14, 2009, the highly respected Economist magazine, read by business and financ...

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