Jamaicans see prospects brightening -JCB survey
Businesses and consu-mers are reporting in-creased confidence in the future, according to Jamaica Conference Board (JCB) surveys. The surveys show both groups expecting economic growth to increase and also to earn and spend more. The reports were...
Control your spending and buy yourself a better life
For years, I've had this reputation of being 'frugal' - although 'not wasteful' would be far more accurate. Yet I can go around the house and point to waste. For example, the more than two dozen music compact discs in my collection I never liked much and
Few options, but some fine-tuning
Based on the Financial Statements and Reve-nue Estimates tabled in Parliament on April 18, total Recurrent Revenue of the Ja-maica Government for 2001/02 was $97.2 billion, which is approximately 29 per cent of GDP. Tax revenues were approximately 27...
JPG launches major restructuring
Jamaica Producers Group (JPG) has announced a change in its strategic thrust in the wake of the new banana regime adopted by the European Union (EU). The new EU regime provides market access for the Group's bananas until 2005 and for an open market with
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