Small business lending mushrooms at JN
JN SMALL Business Loans Limited (JNSBL), has booked a 400 per cent increase in the number of micro and small loans provided since purchasing the Workers Bank micro credit loan portfolio from FINSAC in 2000.

No dividends for Salada shareholders
ALMOST THREE thousand shareholders of major coffee processors, Salada Foods Jamaica Limited, will not have the satisfaction of cashing a dividend cheque this year since the company will not be making a dividend payment.

Tourist industry optimistic - Peterkin
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE IT is likely that Hurricane Emily could strike the island this weekend, visitors are nonetheless being encouraged to "come on down to Jamaica. We have got calls down here and we are telling them basically to pack their bags and come

Caribbean businesses must plan for disasters
AS THE Caribbean region braces itself for a hyper-active hurricane season, James Moss-Solomon, newly-elected president of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) has urged Caribbean businesses to plan effectively...

When the 'big one' strikes
Question: The dust has now settled in the tale of Dyoll. What were the main causes of that company's problems? Could the same thing happen again? Are there any lessons to be learnt?

NHF covers citizens of all ages
THE EDITOR, Sir: I REFER to your Insurance Helpline column of Wednesday, June 22, 2005, on the case of the young diabetic and her health insurance. Firstly, we at the NHF extend our sympathy to the parents who wrote to your columnist...

Surmounting CSME's own French hurdle
IN THE latest attempts to 'deepen' the integration of the European Union (EU), by getting constitutional approval in member states (whether by referendum or by way of executive approval), the EU crashed to the ground after hitting a French hurdle...

Global realities demand new CARICOM trade policy
GROS-ISLET, SAINT LUCIA: WHILE CARIBBEAN Community (CARICOM) countries are committed to and are active participants in international trade negotiations, some uncertainty has emerged among member states concerning the benefits to be derived and costs...

Air J - what went wrong?
ON DECEMBER 23, 2004, the Government of Jamaica reassumed full control of Air Jamaica Ltd, following its purchase for a dollar of the remaining 72.3 per cent of the outstanding shares of the holding company, Air Jamaica Holdings (AJH) Limited...