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While new housing developments are going up along the Highway 2000 corridor of St Catherine in response to what is being described as brisk demand for homes with a below-$10 million...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) two years ago joined the throng of marketers tapping social networking sites as a way to drum up business when it revamped its website.Now, the agency is investing millions to develop a channel on YouTube, according to...

On January 10, two of France's Caribbean département d'outremer (DOM), Martinique and Guyane, rejected the possibility of greater autonomy.

The Government of Jamaica has extended an offer to the major holders of its local debt to participate in a "voluntarily exchange" of these securities for new notes with lower coupons and longer maturities.The new instruments will have lower initial...

Question: I have a restricted-driver's Road Angel Policy. My premium is low. I earn the maximum no-claims discount; I have driven accident-free for many years. Recently, I tried to change the policy to allow a friend to drive.

Barita Investments Limited made its debut on the Jamaica Stock Ex-change (JSE) Thursday, three decades after its founding by Rita Humphries-Lewin.The securities firm's 445,001,824 ordinary shares, which were listed at $2.50 per unit, will trade under...

The Jamaica Debt Exchange programme, made public on Thursday, will replace 350 Government of Jamaica bonds held by financial institutions and retail investors with 24 new notes in four classes, and cut as much as 16 percentage points off the prevailing interest...

Government has appointed a new five-member board of directors, comprising two private sector members and three with public sector jobs, slimming its membership from nine.The new chairman is Denis Lalor, chairman of Insurance Company of the West Indies...

Jamaica will ship the first batch of raw sugar to Eridania Suisse SA on February 28, representing close to a third of the supplies committed under a forward contract with the Italian-owned operation."We expect to ship about 22,000 to 24,000 tonnes in...

Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), a big domestic holder of government bonds, became the first financial institution to formally announce that it will take up the full debt-restructuring offer under which the Golding administration plans to call ...

The government can count on the support of two of the island's leading private-sector groups for the debt-management initiative formally announced yesterday by Prime Minister Bruce Golding. The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) and the Jamaica Manufacturers'...

Wall Street executives said Wednesday they underestimated the severity of the 2008 financial crisis and apologised for risky behaviour and poor decisions. They also defended their bonus and compensation practices to a sceptical commission investigating...