Business

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Anguish & anger

• Mom challenges police version in shooting death of 4-year-old • Cops say they followed the rules of engagement

January 2 12:20 AM

Anguish anger

News

‘Maggotty Island’ moves JPS to ‘the last mile’

Hydropower innovation powering sections of St Elizabeth as 90% of customers now with electricity

January 2 12:18 AM

‘Maggotty Island’ moves JPS to ‘the last mile’

Entertainment

REWIND 2025 REWIND

Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter

January 2 12:16 AM

REWIND 2025 REWIND

Business, ...

SHOWDOWN OVER KINGSTON’S SKYLINE

NEPA halts seven major projects in 2025 crackdown

Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com

January 2 12:14 AM

Overbuilt Kingston

Sports

THE NEXT WAVE

ASAJ eyes junior pool of talent for Los Angeles Olympics

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

January 2 12:12 AM

ASAJ looks to youth pool for LA 2028

Horse Racing, ...

Legacy Isle bounces back with dominant win in ‘Chris’ Armond Memorial Sprint

Ruddy Allen Sports Writer ruddya@jamaicaobserver.com

January 2 12:11 AM

Legacy Isle

Horse Racing, ...

DaCosta secures fourth-consecutive trainers’ championship in thrilling finish

Ruddy Allen Sports Writer ruddya@jamaicaobserver.com

January 2 12:10 AM

DaCosta secures fourth-consecutive trainers’ championship in thrilling finish

Auto

ATL Autobahn shines light on customers

BY RORY DALEY Auto writer

January 2 12:10 AM

ATL Autobahn

Business

France backs down on plans for carbon tax

March 23, 2010

PARIS, France France backed down Tuesday from a plan to tax carbon dioxide emissions that had been a central plank of President Nicolas Sarkozy's push...

Business

Interest rates rise after weaker demand at auction

March 23, 2010

NEW YORK, USA - INTEREST rates rose in the bond market yesterday following lackluster demand at a government auction of two-year notes. The weak showi...

Business, Financials

Oil prices rise

March 23, 2010

NEW YORK, USA OIL prices edged up yesterday ahead of the release of the petroleum stock inventory data by the United States, the world's biggest energ...

Business

Life after 2012

March 23, 2010

THE year 2012 may see the end of a two-year public sector wage freeze, a new Jamaican government and even the popularised Mayan prediction: the end of...

Business

Gov’t import policy costing us millions, says JEA

BY PATRICK FOSTER Business Observer writer fosterp@jamaicaobserver.com

March 23, 2010

THE Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA) yesterday charged that the agriculture ministry's policy to restrict the importation of farm products that ar...

Business

Toyota will replace pedals for unhappy owners

March 23, 2010

WASHINGTON DC, United States Toyota has told dealers it will provide replacement accelerator pedals to owners who are unsatisfied with their repairs u...

Business

PepsiCo looks for new, no-cal, natural sweeteners

March 23, 2010

NEW YORK, USA - A race to develop natural, zero-calorie sweeteners is bubbling up in America's US$100 billion beverage industry. PepsiCo, looking to r...

Business

Investing in water, the blue gold

Michelle Hirst

March 23, 2010

SSL in the Money Water is the world's most prized possession, more valuable than oil or gold will ever be. But because we come in contact with it on a...

Business

Greece: IMF option has been put to the side

March 23, 2010

ATHENS, Greece - GREECE said yesterday that the option of seeking help from the International Monetary Fund had been "put to one side" in the hope tha...

Business

Is there hope for sports?

Grace Lindo

March 23, 2010

Legal Notes THE staging of the ISSA Boys' and Girls' Championships highlights Jamaica's passion for sports both as a recreational activity and as a bu...

Business

GraceKennedy to delist in Barbados, EC

March 23, 2010

Citing low levels of trading activity involving its stock on the Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE) and Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange (ECSE), Grace...

Business

Geneva atom smasher to try record collisions

March 23, 2010

GENEVA, Switzerland - Operators of the world's largest atom smasher said Tuesday they will try in a week to collide proton beams at record high energy...

Business, Financials

US stocks hit 18-month high

AFP

March 23, 2010

NEW YORK, USA - US stocks soared to a new 18-month high yesterday on better-than-expected home sales data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 10...

Business

Cash flows against profit tide for some local firms

BY STEVEN JACKSON Businesss Observer writer jacksons@jamaicaobserver.com

March 23, 2010

TWENTY per cent of firms listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) had reduced cash positions totalling $4.4 billion combined, citing that profit doe...

Business

Hemorrhaging cabernet: Quake hits Chile winemakers

March 23, 2010

MOLINA, Chile When Chile's worst earthquake in 50 years hit, Alvaro Galan bolted out of bed and ran, still in pajamas, to his winery next door. In the...

Business

JA dollar dips as US stands firm

BY STEVEN JACKSON Business Observer writer jacksons@jamaicaobserver.com

March 23, 2010

The Jamaican dollar lost up to nearly half of its value against select emerging power currencies over 12 months even as the US dollar held firm over t...

Business

Fed official: Record low rates still needed

March 23, 2010

WASHINGTON DC, United States - RECORD-LOW interest rates are still needed to energise the economic recovery, a Federal Reserve official said yesterday...

Business, Financials

Latvia to split state bank in two

March 23, 2010

RIGA, Latvia The government of crisis-hit Latvia decided yesterday to carve out a new bank from the nationalised Parex Bank, which was taken over by t...

Business

February existing home sales drop 0.6 per cent

March 23, 2010

WASHINGTON, USA SALES of existing homes fell for a third straight month in February, pushing sales down to the lowest level since last July. There is ...

Business, Financials

Air France stifling regional airports, says Ryanair boss

AFP

March 23, 2010

PARIS, France - Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary accused Air France, which has filed a complaint with the European Commission against his airline, of stifl...

Business

Jamaica’s Canadian surplus stays unfaltered

March 23, 2010

Jamaica recorded a US$25.4 million ($2.2 billion) trade surplus with Canada despite the alumina fallout in 2009 indicating the continuation of the ben...