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Lascelles grows profit 20%

BY ALICIA ROACHE Business Observer reporter roachea@jamaicaobserver.com

December 1

But $1.4-billion pension accounting charge drags down net profit 18% LASCELLES deMercado would have ...

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Russia to add Canadian dollar to forex reserves

December 1

MOSCOW, Russia — Russia will buy Canadian dollars in the next few months in a bid to diversify the n...

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Multi-billion dollar NHT project to provide over 400 houses over next 2 years

BY STEVEN JACKSON Business Writer jacksons@jamaicaobserver.com

December 1

The $2.3 billion worth of National Housing Trust (NHT) contracts awarded to Ashtrom Building Systems...

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N Korea revamps currency to curb inflation

December 1

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea revamped its national currency for the first time in 17 years, repo...

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Japan central bank eases monetary policy

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December 1

TOKYO, Japan — JAPAN'S central bank decided yesterday to further ease monetary policy by massaging t...

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ECB set to begin phasing out liquidity measures

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December 1

LONDON, England — THE European Central Bank is poised to start phasing out the extraordinary liquidi...

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Jamaicans urged to ‘run for the west’ at Sagicor Sigma

Dec 7, 2025

"‘Come out early and run for the west." That’s the message from race overview lead Alfred 'Frano' Fr...

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Trinidad to re-start oil refinery, committee submits interim report

Dec 7, 2025

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her g...

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BVI mourns sudden death of communications director

Dec 7, 2025

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) – The government of the British Virgin Islands is mourning the...

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Cruise passengers robbed in Cayman Islands

Dec 7, 2025

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) – Two cruise passengers visiting Cayman Islands were robbed in sep...

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Cuba battles virus outbreak despite shortages of food, medicine

Nov 23, 2025

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba has been gripped by an outbreak of the viral disease chikungunya, as it b...