US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
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US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
January 9 09:58 AM
WASHINGTON, United States  (CMC) — The United States (US) has reiterated the importance of the Organisation of American States (OAS) as a forum for en...
Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
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Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
January 9 08:03 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A minor earthquake rattled parts of Kingston and St Andrew late Thursday, according to a preliminary bulletin from the Earthquake ...
‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo says
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‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo says
January 9 07:42 AM
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that war was "back in vogue" and highlighted the "ambition of belligerents", as his own coun...

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More Investments in Tourism Sector
JIS 
April 17, 2010
A number of projects are slated to come on stream as investments continue in the country's tourism sector. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, in his co...
Minister Samuda to meet with exporters
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Minister Samuda to meet with exporters
April 17, 2010
COMMERCE Minister Karl Samuda will on Tuesday hold the first of a series of quarterly meetings with registered exporters, an effort to increase commun...
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Shaw, Davies for post-budget forum
April 17, 2010
Finance Minister Audley Shaw and Opposition spokesman on Finance Dr Omar Davies will be the featured speakers at the 2010 Post-Budget Forum being host...
More money lessons I wish I had learnt in school
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More money lessons I wish I had learnt in school
April 14, 2010
In nine years of experience in providing personal financial advice, I have trained thousands of persons from all walks of life about the principles of...
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Have a ‘lotto’ trust in your lawyer?
With Gavin Goffe 
April 13, 2010
Legal Notes IT took Mr S Gayle six weeks to claim his $240 million lottery jackpot, the biggest ever in the game's history. That's how long he needed ...
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February trade deficit increases to US$39.7b
April 13, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, United States - THE US trade deficit widened more than expected in February as a small gain in exports to the highest level in 16 month...
Google adds a touch of Microsoft to applications
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Google adds a touch of Microsoft to applications
April 13, 2010
CALIFORNIA, United States - GOOGLE has upgraded its online package of word processing and spreadsheet programs so they work even more like the Microso...
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IMF report: Capital controls have limited role
April 13, 2010
NEW YORK, United States - STEPPING into the debate over how countries should deal with capital surges during unsettled times, the International Moneta...
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Global airline industry consolidates, set to take off
with Juvenne Yee 
April 13, 2010
SSL in the Money WITH the recent acquisition of Air Jamaica by its Trinidadian counterpart, Caribbean Airlines, the regional airline industry has cert...
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Out of crisis: rethinking our financial markets
BY RICHARD WHELAN 
April 13, 2010
OUT of Crisis: Rethinking Our Financial Markets by David Westbrook is targeted at the relatively sophisticated financial reader -- which includes many...
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Luxemburg pledges euro300,000 to the CDF
April 13, 2010
LUXEMBOURG has pledged euro300,000 to the Caricom Development Fund (CDF) in support of the process of regional integration in the Caribbean Community ...
Confidence plunges
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Confidence plunges
April 13, 2010
Consumer confidence plunged 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 "due to rising concerns about future job and income prospect", according to the l...
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Broadband funds stimulate laments from companies
April 13, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, United States - WHEN Congress included US$7.2 billion for broadband in last year's stimulus bill, its goal was to bring high-speed Inte...
Gov’t fails IMF debt criterion
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Gov’t fails IMF debt criterion
April 13, 2010
THE Finance Ministry confirmed yesterday that the Government failed to meet the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) debt target, but declined to say...
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Construction facing third year of decline in ’10
STEVEN JACKSON Business writer jacksons@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 13, 2010
THE Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) expects the construction sector -- a key driver of the economy -- to decline for the third consecutive year i...
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Greece raises euro1.56b, insists won’t tap aid
April 13, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - HEAVILY indebted Greece intends to keep tapping bond markets for much-needed cash and resist using a European financial lifeline, top...
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AP survey: Recovery to remain sluggish into 2011
April 13, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, united States - THE pillars of Americans' financial security -- jobs and home values -- will stay shaky well into 2011, according to an...
Can corporate Jamaica profit from dancehall?
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Can corporate Jamaica profit from dancehall?
Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager 
April 13, 2010
THE stimuli that dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel has given to the Clarks brand of footwear on the local market since he dropped his hit single Clarks a ...
Corn-based ethanol doubles its efforts
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Corn-based ethanol doubles its efforts
April 13, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, United States - Is corn-based ethanol fuel the wave of the future, creating domestic jobs and vital to the United States' energy supply...

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