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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday and, in a surprise move, renamed the gleaming glass-and-metal tower Burj Khalifa in a nod to the leader of neighbouring Abu Dhabi...

New mortgages might be drying up as financing houses get increasingly wary of bad debt and first-time homeownership moves further beyond the reach if many, but some banks are reporting a spike in borrowings, using residential property already owned as...

QUESTION: I am planning to get married soon and my fiancée and I are keen to start off on a sound financial footing.

Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has pumped $305 million into the renovation of its smallest property, the 52-room Sandals Inn at Kent Avenue in Montego Bay, which was recently reopened and renamed Sandals Carlyle.

Picture your distribution centre (DC) as a funnel for the flow of goods between suppliers and customers.

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) Omar Azan, while accepting that in 2009 manufacturers benefited from the removal of the two per cent customs users fees (CUF) on raw material and capital equipment, says that more has to be done by government to encourage manufacturing in 2010 and beyond.

THE TAX Administration Services Department (TASD) is advising that the increase in personal income tax rate will be applied to all individuals earning above $5 million per annum.

In 1992, Britain's Queen Elizabeth used the term "annus horribilis" to describe the year in which the marriages of her two sons, Charles and Andrew, broke down and Windsor Castle caught fire. Seventeen years later, Caribbean countries experiencing their own annus...

Oil prices on Thursday hit US$80 a barrel for the first time in seven weeks as the dollar sank on the final day of the year.Benchmark crude for February delivery added 53 cents at $79.89 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at midday.

Individuals and entities in the public and private sectors in Jamaica have become increasingly dependent on information and telecommunication technologies.Digital equipment and devices of all...

The Ministry of Agriculture is putting in place what it says is a high-level, strategic marketing committee to guide the diversification of marketing efforts for Jamaican coffee, with a keen eye on ramping up sales volumes to China, Europe and the United States...

Four employees at a staffing company have admitted they scammed the visa system to bring hundreds of seasonal workers into the United States (US) for clients.International Personnel Resources in West Chester, Pennsylvania, applied for temporary work...