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One of Allen Stanford's two new lawyers has asked a judge for permission to withdraw from the case, saying the disgraced financier has fired him. Mike Essmyer, a Houston criminal defence lawyer, told United States...

Central American countries and the European Union has reached agree-ment on the first ever free trade deal between the two regions, the parties announced in a joint statement Tuesday. It said the deal...

Achieving anything of significance in your career beyond turning on your computer requires teamwork. There are many theories and ideas about teamwork, many of which are often contradictory. Consider the following well-known...

Stakeholders in the shipping industry have agreed that more collaboration is needed among the various authorities that have a role in the protection of Jamaica's borders. The stakeholders who attended The Shipping Association of Jamaica's (SAJ) panel...

Rarely would anyone take advice from someone who dabbled in crack cocaine, a man who abused alcohol or an individual who led a life of criminality during his teenage years and was finally arrested...

IN A bid to defuse simmering tension within the Seventh-day Adventist movement over King's House's approval of the Casino Gaming Act, a St Andrew pastor has warned members of the denomination not to expect the establishment of "an Adventist papacy" ...

Apart from heavy trading in blue-chip stocks, NCBJ, 63 million units, and JBG, 11 million units on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, trading activity continued to be low-key.

Despite the poor take-up of its previous energy line of credit, the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is ready to roll out $500 million in loan funding under the DBJ/PetroCaribe Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Energy Fund to...

Local telecomS firms are all awaiting the Government's next move to pass laws required to give teeth to its plan for a system of mandatory registration of subscriber information (MSRI) in Jamaica, but already, one company, Claro, is throwing its unconditional support behind the move, even as its competitors, Digicel and LIME, adopt a more a cautious tone.

When the oil rig the Deepwater Horizon sank in flames on April 20, few could have imagined that three weeks later, the well would continue to spew crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten the coastal economies of the southern United States and their reputations as holiday destinations.

Hugh Reid has been appointed general manager of Scotia Jamaica Life Insurance Company (SJLIC), filling a vacancy created last October by the promotion of Jacqueline Sharp to chief financial officer of the Scotia Group.