Will Eurobond hurt FX market?
LOCAL MONEY managers and traders are waiting anxiously to see if the latest move by Finance Minister Dr. Omar Davies to raise fresh cash overseas will lead to turmoil in the local foreign exchange markets. Ministry of Finance advisers were this week...

Morrison sees growth

ECONOMIST DENNIS Morrison has said that with some five consecutive fiscal years of single digit inflation, Jamaica is now on the threshold of a more stable economic environment with significant opportunities for growth in both the service sector as...

Paying money to an agent

QUESTION: I bought insurance for my Nissan Sunny through an insurance broker in 1998. In the following year, insurers told me that the premium was unpaid. The brokerage firm took hundreds of other persons' money and mine and did not pay...

Coffee bar culture comes to Kingston

THE EVER-GROWING phenomenon of coffee bar culture lead by Starbucks and other operators, which has gained popularity in both the United States and Europe, is set to make its mark in Jamaica, the home of the world's premier gourmet coffee, Blue Mountain...