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The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the University of the West Indies (UWI) will tomorrow hold a joint seminar presentation on the Jamaican economy and the implications of the International Monetary Fund Agreement....

Oral McCook, managing director of OGM Integrated Communications, has acknowledged the secondary effect that the advertising industry has on maintaining Jamaica's democracy through its support for the media."It is good to know that we are part of that...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):Dubai's battered real-estate prices have nearly bottomed out and should start to recover, but probably not until at least next year, the head of one of the troubled emirate's most prominent property developers...

THE MAN who has led the Government's efforts to divest Air Jamaica, Dennis Lalor, has defended the process in the face of mounting criticisms over the decision to sell the airline to the Trinidadian entity...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has indicated to Chinese investors that Jamaica is ready and willing to receive Chinese investment to expand the production of Blue Mountain coffee."What we are trying to encourage is Chinese investment in additional...

The following is an outline of the process used in the divestment of Air Jamaica as provided in a statement from chairman of the Divestment Committee, Dennis Lalor. In an effort to bring clarity to the discussion about the process which was and is being...

Jamaica's consistently low levels of economic growth over the last three decades have baffled even the brightest minds in economics. For a country so blessed with natural resources, good geographical proximity to the largest economy (as measured by GDP) in the world - the USA, a fairly high level of human capital, the economy has not lived up to its potential.

A small Jamaican firm that has made a name for itself providing technology-based solutions for some financial administration problems that plague schools has secured a United States government contract and an undisclosed amount of capital from American billionaire George Soros to transfer its expertise to a problem-plagued school-lunch programme in the West African nation of Ghana.

Following through on the mantra of the GraceKennedy group to grow its core busi-nesses through the introduction of new products and services, the conglomerate's subsidiary banking business, First Global Bank, has placed two new credit cards on the market.

THE OPPOSITION People's National Party (PNP) is demanding answers from the Government regarding how revenue raised from the gas tax is being used.This follows Transport Minister Mike Henry's announcement that the share of the...

In the face of a whopping 485 per cent jump in breach of the rules of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) over the past two years, and last year's marked 43 per cent upswing in violations over the 2008 figure, market authorities have tightened the screws...