Digicel seeking funds for expansion - Now valued at US$1 billion
CHAIRMAN AND majority shareholder Denis O'Brien and Digicel's new Group CEO Colm Delves are currently on an international roadshow in London and New York with the goal of raising U.S. $250 million...
Air Ja names new routes
AIR JAMAICA has cut routes that were losing money and adjusted the frequency of flights on others, said Dr. Vin Lawrence, Air Jamaica's executive chairman. The company outlined its new schedule of flights at its downtown Kingston headquarters yesterday.
First Global IPO deferred to 2006
FIRST GLOBAL'S eagerly awaited Initial Public Offer will, in all likelihood, be deferred until 2006, says deputy chairman Don Wehby. Although discussions are under way between First Global and the central bank to obtain approval...
Breaking the old job description mindset
LAST WEEK'S article that called the job description (JD) a 'limiting document' and offered the Desk Performance Instruction (DPI) as an empowering alternative has caused a great many people, who would not normally think about a job description...
Musson Jamaica opens cambio
MUSSON JAMAICA Limited has added a cambio service to its operations. The new subsidiary, which is called Total Exchange Limited, is a licensed cambio located at 58 Half-Way Tree Road in St. Andrew.
Cable & Wireless in talks to buy Energis
LONDON (Reuters); TELECOMS OPERATOR Cable & Wireless is in talks to buy privately owned rival Energis in a deal tipped to be worth about £700 million (J$75.6 billion), sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
Carib parliaments and the Internet
A RECENT article in The Gleaner stated that Jamaica's Parliamentarians now have access to the Worldwide Web, following the installation of a high-speed Internet connection at Gordon House.
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