Merger of state banks uncertain
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC: THE MERGER between the National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ) and the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) announced last year has still not taken place, financial analysts have said.

Cable & Wireless comes out to play
THE MASSIVE investment Cable & Wireless (C&W) Jamaica made in its advanced mobile network last year is starting to pay off.

BoJ leads Banks stand firm
AVERAGE BANK lending rates stood at 23.80 per cent at September 2003 and have remained around that level since.

Job creators get recognition
MEGAMART WHOLESALE Club, the Quad Nightclub, and Peak Bottling Company have been recognised by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) for their role in job creation.

Revenues up, profits down for RJR
UNAUDITED RESULTS for the nine months ended December 31, 2003 reveal mixed fortunes for one of the country's leading media groups, Radio Jamaica Limited.

Searching for a 'good' life insurance agent
Question: I need advice to assess my life assurance needs. How should I go about finding a good agent? ...

Major IT expansion begins
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA HAS received the thumbs up as a favourable information, communication and technology (ICT) destination, from scores of local and foreign operators of Call Centres.

'Haiti needs trade, not military forces'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: HAITI IS spending money to import food rather than investing in local production, a business spokesman has charged, while two decades of decline in agriculture he said has left the sector in a "catastrophic" state.