DJ Mac gives UK-based Drip Rick Vi the green light
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DJ Mac gives UK-based Drip Rick Vi the green light
December 25 01:39 PM
Fast rising Uk-based dancehall artiste Drip Rick Vi is enjoying a great run in dancehall. The witty deejay has scored a place on one of the hottest be...
Complex Ricki wants to ‘Make a Change’
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Complex Ricki wants to ‘Make a Change’
December 25 12:54 PM
Fusion reggae artiste Complex Ricki is generating a major buzz on the streets with her latest ambitious single, Make a Change , dedicated to the survi...
Democrats demand probe into Caribbean boat strikes
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Democrats demand probe into Caribbean boat strikes
December 25 12:35 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – As United States President Donald Trump expands the US military build-up in the Caribbean, Democratic legislators ar...

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Diversifying your investment portfolio
BY MARIO AHJAHORIE Financial Analyst Scotia DBG Investments Limited 
February 27, 2010
THE concept of portfolio diversification and the importance of 'not putting all your eggs in one basket' has become even more critical in our current ...
Business, Financials
Gatorade drops Tiger Woods
AP 
February 27, 2010
NEW YORK, USA (AP) —Add Gatorade to the list of endorsement deals that Tiger Woods has lost. A representative for the drink, sold by PepsiCo Inc, conf...
Yahoo exit opens opportunity in search market
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Yahoo exit opens opportunity in search market
By Rodger McKenzie Contributor 
February 27, 2010
Yup, that's right. Since Yahoo has now gone out of the business of search thus turning over that responsibility to Microsoft/Bing. This leaves the mar...
Maximising returns for shareholders is NCBCM’s major focus
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Maximising returns for shareholders is NCBCM’s major focus
Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager 
February 25, 2010
HAVING achieved a successful turnaround in performance last financial year, NCB Capital Markets (NCBCM) plans to continue on a conservative path towar...
NCB to focus on loans portfolio to set off JDX
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NCB to focus on loans portfolio to set off JDX
BY ALICIA ROACHE roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 25, 2010
THE National Commercial Bank (NCB) has signalled that a focus on its loans portfolio will guide its strategy for shoring up income lost from the finan...
Money Milestones
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Money Milestones
February 24, 2010
Your Money Recently, a client asked me if I thought that she had achieved all the appropriate financial targets for her age. Like a concerned parent e...
Business, Financials
Raw milk debate spills across US
February 23, 2010
IOWA, United States DEBATE about the health attributes and risks of raw milk is spilling into statehouses and courtrooms across the United States as p...
Business, Financials
US consumer confidence slide hits world markets
February 23, 2010
LONDON, England WORLD markets slid yesterday after an unexpectedly big drop in US consumer confidence in February stoked renewed concerns about the pa...
Business, Financials
P&G keeping Woods on shelf
AP 
February 23, 2010
OHIO, United States - THE CEO of the Procter & Gamble Co (P&G) says he doesn't know whether golfer Tiger Woods will ever appear in another Gillette co...
Business, Financials
Consumer confidence falls sharply
February 23, 2010
NEW YORK, United States AMERICANS' outlook on the economy went into relapse in February. Rising job worries sent a key barometer of confidence to its ...
Business, Financials
Home prices rise 0.3% in December
February 23, 2010
FLORIDA, United States Home prices edged up in December, the seventh straight monthly gain and another sign the US housing market continues its bumpy ...
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World Bank approves US$200m for Ja
February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, United States - THE World Bank Board of Directors yesterday approved a US$200-million loan for Jamaica to support the Government's comp...
Business, Financials
Germany to trim solar power subsidies
AP 
February 23, 2010
BERLIN, Germany - Germany's governing parties say they will cut solar power subsidies by up to 16 per cent this summer in a move aimed at lowering con...
Business, Financials
Heineken 2009 profit rises to US$1.39b
February 23, 2010
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - THE Dutch brewer Heineken NV said yesterday full year 2009 profit rose fivefold as it was able to cut costs and raise beer pr...
Business, Financials
Signs of breakthrough in French refinery strike
February 23, 2010
France SIGNS of a breakthrough emerged yesterday in a strike that has shuttered refineries around France, left gas stations short of fuel and put the ...
Business, Financials
Protesters blockade Greek stock market
February 23, 2010
Members of the Communist-affiliated PAME labor group stand behind a banner as they have blockaded the Athens Stock Market to protest government auster...
Business, Financials
Bipartisan jobs bill advances in Senate
February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, United States A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a Republican procedural roadblock on Monday with critical momentum provided by the Senate'...
Business, Financials
Rates dip after weak consumer confidence data
AP 
February 23, 2010
NORTH CAROLINA, United States - INTEREST rates fell in the bond market yesterday as investors sought safer investments in response to a disappointing ...
Business
Don’t flash when you see the police
GAVIn GOFFE 
February 23, 2010
Legal Notes Some drivers rarely miss an opportunity to flash their headlights and warn other motorists of the presence of a police speed trap. For yea...
Business, Financials
Oil rally fizzles
February 23, 2010
NEW YORK, United States OIL and other energy prices sank yesterday after job worries sent a monthly measurement of consumer confidence sharply lower. ...
Business, Financials
US Toyota executive apologises, to face Congress
February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON DC, United States THE president of Toyota's US operations is apologising for the company's slow handling of sudden acceleration problems in...

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