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The United States economy grew at an annual rate of 2.1 per cent in the final quarter of last year, but damage from the spreading coronavirus is seen as likely depressing growth in the current quarter and for 2020 as a whole. The US Commerce...

O n one level, development bankers are satisfied with the continuing maturity of the private equity and venture capital markets, which the Development Bank of Jamaica, DBJ, has spent the last seven years nurturing. But at another level, they...

Michael Riley, who sells vape pens within the burgeoning cannabis trade in Negril, holds a cash card that provides him with flexibility, but only to a certain degree. He doesn’t have a bank account, but uses ePay, a Mastercard-branded cash card...

Caribbean Producers Jamaica will report back to bondholders Friday on progress made in bringing its financial ratios back into compliance with debt covenants, in a follow up to a meeting held six months ago. CPJ Chairman and interim CEO Mark Hart...

The roll-out of the controversial national identification system, NIDS, is receiving strong support from the umbrella private sector group, the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, PSOJ. In fact, Christopher Reckord was recently named the group’...

Amazon is aiming to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up the US$800 billion grocery industry. At the new store,...

QUESTION: Mr Smith, thank you for the clarity which you bring to bear on your questions. I would like to know how I deal with a job interview question. What if I am asked: How do you define success in your career? And how do you think you measure...

The European Union on Tuesday gave its chief negotiator Michel Barnier a robust negotiating mandate to get a free trade deal with the United Kingdom, which counters several of the red lines that London has set. The 27 EU nations are insisting that...

ADVISORY COLUMN: PERSONAL FINANCIAL ADVISER QUESTION: My daughter’s father and I bought a house as joint tenants and the reason for it is for my daughter to inherit this house. We both have other children, but her name could not be added to the...

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