Business

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank affiliate, has taken a 13 per cent equity stake in Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL).

The tensions and unrest in West Kingston are taking a toll on formal and informal commerce downtown, with one business already shuttering a branch operation in the thick of the city, and vendors and shoppers who normally...

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Anthony Ennis of Mount Peto in Hanover has been employed for what he describes as "more years than me can remember" as a part-time janitor at a local primary school, where his hourly paid wages may fall below the minimum wage of...

The Insurance Association of Jamaica held a series of events to mark Insurance Week, May 16-21.

The Chinese have emerged as major backers of low-cost housing for Jamaicans, pumping financing of up to J$6.3 billion into new projects to be rolled out this year.The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) plans to put some 9,800...

Electricity consumers paid an approximately J$12.5-billion energy bill for fuel used by provider Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to power its grid between January and March this year.The utility bills its fuel charges as a pass-through cost...

Jamaica Producers (JP) Group's refocus on markets in Europe beyond bananas has positioned the company for turnover and profit growth when others in its class are struggling to maintain sales in an income-depressed domestic market....

Car-parts company André's Auto Supplies Company Limited is about to launch into motor-vehicle sales with an arrangement all but tied up for the acquisition of the dealerships for the Great Wall and JACS brands...

Oil prices resumed their May swoon Thursday as concerns over the European economy had traders bailing out of energy commodities.

Joseph M. Matalon, president of the Private Sector Organisation (PSOJ), has declared that the group will been ensuring that the prime minister's promises about political renewal are kept. Golding made the promises in a national broadcast on Monday night....

WESTERN BUREAU: THE MINISTRY of Tourism, in partnership with the private sector, yesterday began its series of regional forums to sensitise the tourism industry on its proposed pensions and retirement scheme with a meeting in Montego Bay, St James...